Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaze

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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 *kansai (wind).

Pronunciation

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  • Tone class: A

Noun

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*kaze

  1. wind

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan: 칸즤 (/⁠kʰan.t͡sɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: (haji, hadi)
    • Kunigami: (hajī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (kaze, xaze)
    • Okinawan: (kaji)
    • Okinoerabu: (haji, hajī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kade, kadï)
    • Tokunoshima: (kazï, kadï, kadi)
    • Yoron: (hadi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (kaji)
    • Yaeyama: (kaji)
    • Yonaguni: (kaji, kadi)

References

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