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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaze

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 *kansay (“wind”).

Pronunciation
  • Tone class: A

Noun

*kaze

  1. wind

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 칸즤 (/⁠kʰan.t͡sɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 風 (haji, hadi)
    • Kunigami: 風 (hajī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 風 (kaze, xaze)
    • Okinawan: 風 (kaji)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 風 (haji, hajī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 風 (kade, kadï)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 風 (kazï, kadï)
    • Yoron: 風 (hadi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 風 (kaji)
    • Yaeyama: 風 (kaji)
    • Yonaguni: 風 (kaji, kadi)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 349
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