Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaze

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

From Proto-Japonic *kansay (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*kaze

1. wind

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 칸즤 (/⁠kʰan.t͡sɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 風 (haji, hadi)
  • Kunigami: 風 (hajī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 風 (kaze, xaze)
  • Okinawan: 風 (kaji)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 風 (haji, hajī)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 風 (kade, kadï)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 風 (kazï, kadï)
  • Yoron: 風 (hadi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 風 (kaji)
  • Yaeyama: 風 (kaji)
  • Yonaguni: 風 (kaji, kadi)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 349