Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/azi

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This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *anti (flavor, taste).

Noun

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*azi

  1. flavor, taste

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (aji)
    • Kunigami: (ajī, ajē)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (aji)
    • Okinawan: (aji)
    • Okinoerabu: (ajī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (aje)
    • Tokunoshima: (ajī)
    • Yoron: (aji)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (azï)
    • Yaeyama: (azï)
    • Yonaguni: (adi)