Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oki

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 *əku (“to place”).

Verb

*oki

1. to place

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 置ちゅい, 措ちゅい, 擱ちゅい (uchui)
  • Kunigami: 置ちゅん, 措ちゅん, 擱ちゅん (fuchun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 置く゚り, 措く゚り, 擱く゚り (uxuri)
  • Okinawan: 置ちゅん, 措ちゅん, 擱ちゅん (uchun)
  • Okinoerabu: 置ちゅん, 措ちゅん, 擱ちゅん (uchun), 置ちゅちゅん, 措ちゅちゅん, 擱ちゅちゅん (uchuchun)
  • Tokunoshima: 置き, 措き, 擱き (uki)
  • Yoron: 置っきゅん, 措っきゅん, 擱っきゅん (ukkyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 置きぃ, 措きぃ, 擱きぃ (uksï)