Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kage

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

Alternative forms

• *kaga

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kankai (“shade, shadow”).

Noun

*kage

1. shade, shadow

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 陰, 影 (han'gi, han'gï, hai, han'gā)
  • Kunigami: 陰, 影 (hagi, kāgi, kāgā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 陰, 影 (kage)
  • Okinawan: 陰, 影 (kāgi, kaji, kāgā)
  • Okinoerabu: 陰, 影 (hagi, haga)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 陰, 影 (kagë)
  • Tokunoshima: 陰, 影 (kagï, kaga)
  • Yoron: 陰, 影 (hagi, haga)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 陰, 影 (kagi)
  • Yaeyama: 陰, 影 (kai, kagi)
  • Yonaguni: 陰, 影 (kan'gi)