Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/awoi

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

Etymology

Related to *awo (“blue”).

Noun

*awoi

1. indigo

Descendants

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