Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/poka

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 *poka (“other side”).

Noun

*poka

1. other side

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 外, 他 (fukā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 外, 他 (hoxa)
  • Okinawan: 外, 他 (fuka)
  • Okinoerabu: 外, 他 (fukā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 外, 他 (fka)
  • Tokunoshima: 外, 他 (fuka)
  • Yoron: 外, 他 (fuka)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 外, 他 (puka)
  • Yaeyama: 外, 他 (fuka)
  • Yonaguni: 外, 他 (fuga)