Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/saki

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 *saki (“point, tip; cape; peninsula”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*saki

1. point, tip
2. cape, peninsula

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: さき (saki) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
  • Kikai: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachi)
  • Kunigami: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachī /⁠sàtɕíː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki)
  • Okinawan: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachi /⁠sátɕì⁠/)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachi /⁠sàtɕí⁠/)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sak /⁠sák̩⁠/)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki /⁠sàkɪ́⁠/)
  • Yoron: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki /⁠sàkì⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saksï)
  • Yaeyama: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sakï /⁠sákɨ̀⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sati /⁠sàtí⁠/)