Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koga

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

According to Thorpe (1983, 282), the first element is related to Old Japanese 子 (ko₁, “child; something born in an animal, egg (oviparous birds, fish, etc.; unhatched or hatched)”), while *-ga is a diminutive suffix.

However, 子 (ko₁)'s accent belongs to the high register (class 1), but the tone class of this word is class C, which would only correspond to the low register (class 3/4/5).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: C

Noun

*koga

1. egg

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: ふか゚ー (fung'ā /⁠huŋaː⁠/), ふわ゙ー (fuwã̄ /⁠huwãː⁠/)
  • Kunigami: ふがー (fugā /⁠ɸúgàː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: こが (xoga)
  • Okinawan: くーが (kūga /⁠kúːgá⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: ふが (fuga /⁠ɸùgá⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: くーが (xūga /⁠kʰùːgǎ⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: くが (xuga /⁠kʰúgà⁠/)
  • Yoron: ふが (fuga /⁠ɸúgá⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:
    • Irabu:
      • Nakachi: くーが (kʊ̄ga /⁠kʊːga⁠/)
      • Tarama-Minna:
        • Minna: くが (kuga, tone class C)
        • Tarama: くが (kuga, tone class C)
  • Yaeyama: くが (kuga /⁠kúgá⁠/)