Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kangae-

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 考える (kangaeru, “to consider”).

Verb

*kangae-

1. to think, to consider

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 考ーるん, 勘ーるん (khangērun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 考るり, 勘るり (xangeruri)
  • Okinawan: 考ーゆん, 勘ーゆん (kangēyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 考ーゆん, 勘ーゆん (kangeyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 考ゅむっ, 勘ゅむっ (kangëyum), 考りゅむっ, 勘りゅむっ (kangëryum)
  • Tokunoshima: 考るん, 勘るん (kangërun)
  • Yoron: 考ーゆん, 勘ーゆん (kangēyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 考いㇲ゙, 勘いㇲ゙ (kangaiz)
  • Yaeyama: 考いん, 勘いん (kangain), 考いるん, 勘いるん (kangairun)
  • Yonaguni: 考るん, 勘るん (kangarun)