Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/uku

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

*uku (infinitive *uki)

to float

Descendants

Old Japanese: 浮 (uku)
- Japanese: 浮く (uku)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *uki
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 浮ちゅい (uchui)
  - Kunigami: 浮ちゅん (fuchun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 浮く゚り (uxuri)
  - Okinawan: 浮ちゅん (uchun)
  - Yoron: 浮きゅん (ukyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - ⇒ Miyako: 浮かー上がㇲ゙ (ukāgaz), 浮か上がㇲ゙ (ukagaz) (< *uki-agari)
  - Yaeyama: 浮っけーるん (ukkērun)

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