Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/awoi

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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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Etymology

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Related to *awo (blue).

Noun

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*awoi[1]

  1. indigo

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (awi)
    • Japanese: (ai)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ai
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (ē)
      • Kunigami: (ē)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: ()
      • Okinawan: (ē)
      • Okinoerabu: (ai)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (ē)
      • Tokunoshima: (ai)
      • Yoron: (ai)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (āz)
      • Yaeyama: (ai)
      • Yonaguni: (ai)

References

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  1. ^ Pellard, Thomas (2013) “Ryukyuan perspectives on the proto-Japonic vowel system”, in Frellesvig, Bjarke, Sells, Peter, editors, Japanese/Korean Linguistics[1], number 20, CSLI Publications, →ISBN, page 91