Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoki
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Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *yoki (“hail, snow”).
As it does not snow in the Ryukyu Islands, most dialects, particularly Okinawan, use this word with the meaning 'hail'.
Noun[edit]
*yoki
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan: 유기 (/ju.ki/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Etymology 2[edit]
Cognate with Japanese 斧 (yoki, “hatchet”, obsolete or dialectal). Presumably from Proto-Japonic, but the word is attested too late to precisely reconstruct a vowel.
The vowel lengthening in some Northern Ryukyuan dialects and the medial -i- in the Yoron Mugiya Higashi-ku dialect suggests an earlier derivation *yo(C)Vki.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Tone class: irregular
Noun[edit]
*yoki
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Amami:
- Okinawan:
- Southern Ryukyuan (Sakishima):
- Miyako:
- Yaeyama: