Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ika

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Noun

*ika

1. squid

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 烏賊 (ika)
  • Japanese: 烏賊 (ika)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ika
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 烏賊 (ixa)
    • Kunigami: 烏賊 (hichā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 烏賊 (ixya)
    • Okinawan: 烏賊 (icha, ika)
    • Okinoerabu: 烏賊 (ikyā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 烏賊 (ikya)
    • Tokunoshima: 烏賊 (ikyā)
    • Yoron: 烏賊 (icha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 烏賊 (ikya)
    • Yaeyama: 烏賊 (ika)
    • Yonaguni: 烏賊 (ika, ita)