Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/azi

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *anti (“flavor, taste”).

Noun

*azi

1. flavor, taste

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 味 (aji)
  • Kunigami: 味 (ajī, ajē)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 味 (aji)
  • Okinawan: 味 (aji)
  • Okinoerabu: 味 (ajī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 味 (aje)
  • Tokunoshima: 味 (ajī)
  • Yoron: 味 (aji)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 味 (azï)
  • Yaeyama: 味 (azï)
  • Yonaguni: 味 (adi)