Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ai

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *apu (“to meet”).

Verb

*ai

1. to meet

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 合ーるん, 会ーるん, 逢ーるん, 遭ーるん (ārun, ōrun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 合うり, 会うり, 逢うり, 遭うり (ōuri)
  • Okinawan: 合ーゆん, 会ーゆん, 逢ーゆん, 遭ーゆん (āyun)
  • ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 行合ゆん, 行会ゆん, 行逢ゆん, 行遭ゆん (ichoyun) (< *iki-awi)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 合ーゆむっ, 会ーゆむっ, 逢ーゆむっ, 遭ーゆむっ (ōyum)
  • Yoron: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (en)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 合ー, 会ー, 逢ー, 遭ー (ō)
  • Yaeyama: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (aun, ōn)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *awoy (“indigo”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*ai

1. indigo

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 藍 (ē)
  • Kunigami: 藍 (ē)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 藍 (yē)
  • Okinawan: 藍 (ē)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 藍 (ai)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 藍 (ē)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 藍 (ai) (in compounds)
  • Yoron: 藍 (ai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 藍 (āz)
  • Yaeyama: 藍 (ai)
  • Yonaguni: 藍 (ai)