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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoki

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 *yoki (“hail, snow”).

Noun

*yoki

  1. (precipitation) hail
  2. [[snow])

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 유기 (/ju.ki/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 雪 (yuchi)
    • Kunigami: 雪 (yuchī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 雪 (yuki-, in compounds)
    • Okinawan: 雪 (yuchi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 雪 (yuki)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 雪 (yuk)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 雪 (yuki)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 雪 (yuksï)
    • Yonaguni: 雪 (duti)
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