Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pako

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 *pako (“box”).

Noun

*pako

1. box

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 法个 (fako) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 箱 (paxu)
  • Kunigami: 箱 (phafū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 箱 (haku)
  • Okinawan: 箱 (haku)
  • Okinoerabu: 箱 (haku)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 箱 (fak, hak)
  • Tokunoshima: 箱 (haku)
  • Yoron: 箱 (papu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 箱 (paku)
  • Yaeyama: 箱 (paku, haku)
  • Yonaguni: 箱 (hagu)