Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koe

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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 *kəway (voice).

Noun

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*koe

  1. voice

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (kui)
    • Kunigami: (fui)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (xui)
    • Okinawan: (kwī)
    • Okinoerabu: (kwī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kui)
    • Tokunoshima: (kui)
    • Yoron: (fui)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (kui)
    • Yaeyama: (kui)
    • Yonaguni: (kui)

References

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  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 343-344