Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/keᴬ

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 *kay (“hair, fur”).

Noun

*keᴬ

1. hair, fur

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
  • Kunigami: 毛 (khī /⁠kʰíː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 毛 (kï, xï, xïï)
  • Okinawan: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 毛 (hī /⁠çíː⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 毛 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̂ˑ⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 毛 (kïï /⁠kɨ́ː⁠/)
  • Yoron: 毛 (shī /⁠ɕìː⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 毛 (kī)
  • Yaeyama: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 毛 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)