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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ari

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *ami
  • *ani

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *ari (“ant”).

Noun

*ari

  1. ant

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 蟻 (anī, ānī)
    • Kunigami: 蟻 (ai)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蟻 (ami)
    • Okinawan: 蟻 (ai, ayā) (< *ari, *arira)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 蟻 (ani)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 蟻 (an)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 蟻 (anï, ari)
    • Yoron: 蟻 (anku) (< *aniko)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蟻 (āz)
    • Yaeyama: 蟻 (āra) (< *arira)
    • Yonaguni: 蟻 (aya) (< *arira)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *ari (“to be”).

Verb

*ari

  1. to exist, to be
  2. to have

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 有い (ai)
    • Kunigami: 有ん (an)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 有り (ari)
    • Okinawan: 有ん (an)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 有ん (an)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 有むっ (am)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 有い (ai)
    • Yoron: 有ゆん (ayun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
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