Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kai

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

*kay: hair.

Noun

*kai

1. hair, (zootomy) fur

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 毛 (ke₂, ka)
  • Japanese: 毛 (ke, ka)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ke
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
    • Kunigami: 毛 (khī /⁠kʰíː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kï, xï, xïï)
    • Okinawan: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 毛 (hī /⁠çíː⁠/)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̂ˑ⁠/)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 毛 (kïï /⁠kɨ́ː⁠/)
    • Yoron: 毛 (shī /⁠ɕìː⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 毛 (kī)
    • Yaeyama: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 毛 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 293