Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ari

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

Alternative reconstructions

*ami
*ani

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *ari (“ant”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: A

Noun

*ari

ant

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: (< *ani)
  Aden: 蟻 (āī̃) (tone class AB)
  
  Araki: 蟻 (ani) (tone class AB)
  
  Kamikatetsu: 蟻 (ai) (tone class AB)
  
  Nakasato: 蟻 (ani) (tone class AB)
  
  Onotsu: 蟻 (ānī) (tone class A)
  
  Sakamine: 蟻 (ānī) (tone class AB)
  
  Shiomichi: 蟻 (ānī) (tone class AB)
  
  Shitōke: 蟻 (ānī) (tone class A)
  
  Wan: 蟻 (ani) (tone class AB)
- Kunigami:
  Nakijin: 蟻 (ai) (tone class A)
  
  Oku: 蟻 (ani)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: (< *ami, *ani)
  Sani: 蟻 (an)
  
  Yamatohama: 蟻 (ami)
  
  Yuwan: 蟻 (an)
- Okinawan: (< *ari, *ariwa)
  Shuri: 蟻 (ai, ayā) (tone class A)
- Oki-No-Erabu: (< *ani)
  Kamishiro: 蟻 (ani)
  
  Kunigami: 蟻 (ani) (tone class A)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: (< *ani)
  Koniya: 蟻 (an)
  
  Shodon: 蟻 (an, ani) (tone class A)
  
  Yoro: 蟻 (an)
- Toku-No-Shima: (< *ami, *ani)
  Inō: 蟻 (anï)
  
  Isen: 蟻 (ami)
  
  San: 蟻 (ami)
- Yoron: 蟻 (anku) (< *aniko)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: (< *ari, *aka-ari, *arigara)
  Bora: 蟻 (akāz, azgara)
  
  Hirara: 蟻 (āz, akāz)
  
  Ikema: 蟻 (akai)
  
  Irabu: 蟻 (ahāz)
  
  Karimata: 蟻 (hāï)
  
  Kugai: 蟻 (akāz)
  
  Kuninaka: 蟻 (akāl)
  
  Kurima: 蟻 (akal, akaz)
  
  Ōgami: 蟻 (ffāï) (< *kuro-ari)
  
  Ōura: 蟻 (hāz)
  
  Sarahama: 蟻 (akai)
  
  Sawada: 蟻 (āl, akāl)
  
  Shimajiri: 蟻 (axaz)
  
  Tarama: 蟻 (akal)
  
  Uechi: 蟻 (akāl)
  
  Uruka: 蟻 (azgara)
  
  Yonaha: 蟻 (akāz)
- Yaeyama: (< *ari, *ariwa)
  Hateruma: 蟻 (āri) (tone class A)
  
  Hatoma: 蟻 (āru)
  
  Ishigaki: 蟻 (āra) (tone class A)
  
  Kohama: 蟻 (āra)
  
  Kuroshima: 蟻 (arï)
  
  Taketomi: 蟻 (ai)
- Yonaguni: 蟻 (aya) (< *ariwa) (tone class C)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *ari (“to be”).

Verb

*ari

to exist, to be
to have

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 有い (ai)
- Kunigami: 有ん (an)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 有り (ari)
- Okinawan: 有ん (an)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 有ん (an)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 有むっ (am)
- Toku-No-Shima: 有い (ai)
- Yoron: 有ゆん (ayun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 有ーㇲ゙ (āz)
- Yaeyama: 有ん (an)
- Yonaguni: 有ん (an)

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