Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/we

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

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Possibly related to *wo (compare prefixing and suffixing element appearing as o in modern Japanese terms such as Japanese 雄 (osu, “male”), Japanese 益荒男 (masurao, “manly man”) or 雄花 (obana, “male flower”)).

Noun

*we

1. man

Descendants

• Proto-Ryukyuan: *we
  • ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *weke
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kunigami: 男 (yikigā)
      • Okinawan: 男 (wikiga)
      • Yoron: 男 (wuiga)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 男 (biki)
      • Yaeyama: 男 (bigidun)
  • ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *wekeri (“brother (from a sister)”)
    • Northern Ryukyuan: ゑけり (wekeri) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
      • Kikai: いぃーい (yīi)
      • Kunigami: うぃきー (wikī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: いぇへり (yeheri)
      • Okinawan: うぃきー (wikī)
      • Okinoerabu: いぃー (yī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: いぃひるっ (yihir)
      • Tokunoshima: いぃーり (yīri)
      • Yoron: をぅひーび (wuhībi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: びきい゚ (bikiɿ)
      • Yaeyama: びぎるぃ゚ (bigirï)
      • Yonaguni: びぎ (bigi)
  • ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *wenga
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 男 (yinnga)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 男 (yenga)
      • Okinawan: 男 (yinga)
      • Okinoerabu: 男 (yinga)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 男 (yïnga)
      • Tokunoshima: 男 (yïnga)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Yonaguni: 男 (binga)