Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/poka

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *pəka

Etymology

Related to Baekje ホカ (*poka, “outside”).

The second mora means "place".

Noun

*poka

1. other side

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 外, 他 (poka)
  • Japanese: 外, 他 (hoka)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *poka
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 外, 他 (fukā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 外, 他 (hoxa)
    • Okinawan: 外, 他 (fuka)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 外, 他 (fukā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 外, 他 (fka)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 外, 他 (fuka)
    • Yoron: 外, 他 (fuka)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 外, 他 (puka)
    • Yaeyama: 外, 他 (fuka)
    • Yonaguni: 外, 他 (fuga)