Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaza

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 *kansa (“odor”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*kaza

1. odor

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 香 (hada)
  • Kunigami: 香 (hajā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 香 (xaza)
  • Okinawan: 香 (kaza)
  • Okinoerabu: 香 (hajā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 香 (xada)
  • Tokunoshima: 香 (xada)
  • Yoron: 香 (hada)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 香 (kaza)
  • Yaeyama: 香 (kaza)
  • Yonaguni: 香 (kada, kadai)