Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/koy-a-

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

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: A

Verb

*koy-a-

  1. to cross over a broad or high area

Descendants

  • Eastern Old Japanese: 越ゆ (kuyu/kuye-)
  • Old Japanese: 越ゆ (ko₁yu/ko₁ye-)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *koe-
    • Northern Ryukyuan: こい (koi-) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
      • Kikai: 越ーゆい (hīyui)
      • Kunigami: 越いゆん (fuiyun)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 越ぇーるり (kwēruri)
      • Okinawan: 越いーゆん (kwīyun)
      • Okinoerabu: 越いゆん (fuiyun)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 越い゚ゆㇺ (kuïyum)
      • Tokunoshima: 越いるい (kuirui)
      • Yoron: 越いゆん (fuiyun)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 越いーい゚ (kuīz)
      • Yaeyama: 越いん (kuin), 越いるん (kuirun)
      • Yonaguni: 越いるん (kuirun)