Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaki

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 *kaku (“to scratch; to write”).

Verb

*kaki

1. to scratch
2. to write

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 掻ちゅい, 書ちゅい (kachui)
  • Kunigami: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (hachun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 掻きゅり, 書きゅり (kakyuri)
  • Okinawan: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (kachun)
  • Okinoerabu: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 掻きゅむっ, 書きゅむっ (kakyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kakï)
  • Yoron: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kaksï)
  • Yaeyama: 掻くん, 書くん (kakun)
  • Yonaguni: 掻ぐん, 書ぐん (kagun)