Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kiku

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Verb

*kiku

to hear, listen

Descendants

Old Japanese: 聞, 聴 (ki₁ku)
- Japanese: 聞く, 聴く (kiku)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kiki
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 聞きゅい, 聴きゅい (kikyui)
  - Kunigami: 聞ちゅん, 聴ちゅん (hichun, shichun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 聞きゅり, 聴きゅり (kikyuri)
  - Okinawan: 聞ちゅん, 聴ちゅん (chichun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 聞きゅん, 聴きゅん (kikyun)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 聞きゅむっ, 聴きゅむっ (xixyum)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 聞き, 聴き (kiki)
  - Yoron: 聞きゅん, 聴きゅん (kikyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 聞きぃ, 聴きぃ (ksïksï)
  - Yaeyama: 聞くん, 聴くん (sïkun)
  - Yonaguni: 聞ん, 聴ん (kkun)

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