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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kai

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic
*kay: hair.

Noun

*kai

  1. hair, (zootomy) fur

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 毛 (ke2, ka)
    • Japanese: 毛 (ke, ka)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ke
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
      • Kunigami: 毛 (khī /⁠kʰíː⁠/)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kï, xï, xïï)
      • Okinawan: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 毛 (hī /⁠çíː⁠/)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̂ˑ⁠/)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 毛 (kïï /⁠kɨ́ː⁠/)
      • Yoron: 毛 (shī /⁠ɕìː⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 毛 (kī)
      • Yaeyama: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
      • Yonaguni: 毛 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 293
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