Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ika

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 *ika (“squid”).

Noun

*ika

1. squid

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 烏賊 (ixa)
  • Kunigami: 烏賊 (hichā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 烏賊 (ixya)
  • Okinawan: 烏賊 (icha, ika)
  • Okinoerabu: 烏賊 (ikyā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 烏賊 (ikya)
  • Tokunoshima: 烏賊 (ikyā)
  • Yoron: 烏賊 (icha)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 烏賊 (ikya)
  • Yaeyama: 烏賊 (ika)
  • Yonaguni: 烏賊 (ika, ita)