Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/puka

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 *puka (“deep”).

Adjective

*puka

1. deep

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 深さい (kwasai, kasai)
  • Kunigami: 深しぇん (pukāshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 深さり (fukasari)
  • Okinawan: 深さん (fukasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 深さん (fukasan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 深ーさむっ (fukāsam)
  • Tokunoshima: 深ーい (fukāi)
  • Yoron: 深さん (pukasan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 深 (fuka)
  • Yaeyama: 深さん (fukasan)
  • Yonaguni: 深ん (kān)