Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kai

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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

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*kay: hair.

Noun

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*kai

  1. hair, (zootomy) fur

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (ke2, ka)
    • Japanese: (ke, ka)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ke
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (xïï)
      • Kunigami: (khī /⁠kʰíː⁠/)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (kï, xï, xïï)
      • Okinawan: ( /⁠kîː⁠/)
      • Okinoerabu: ( /⁠çíː⁠/)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̂ˑ⁠/)
      • Tokunoshima: (kïï /⁠kɨ́ː⁠/)
      • Yoron: (shī /⁠ɕìː⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: ()
      • Yaeyama: ( /⁠kîː⁠/)
      • Yonaguni: ( /⁠kíː⁠/)

References

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  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 293