Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/se

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: 1.1

Noun

*se

  1. rapids

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 瀬, 湍 (se)
    • Japanese: 瀬, 湍 (se, Heian HH, Tokyo 0 [L(L)], Kyoto 0 [H(H)],[1] Kagoshima A [F(L)][2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *se (“reef; boulder”, tone class A)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 瀬, 湍 (shī)
      • Kunigami: 瀬, 湍 (sïï /⁠ɕĭː⁠/)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 瀬, 湍 (shī)
      • Okinawan: 瀬, 湍 (shī /⁠ɕîː⁠/)
      • Okinoerabu: 瀬, 湍 (shī /⁠ɕĭː⁠/)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 瀬, 湍 (sïï /⁠ɕĭː⁠/)
      • Tokunoshima: 瀬, 湍 (sïï /⁠sɨ́ː⁠/)
      • Yoron: 瀬, 湍 (shī /⁠ɕíː⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

  1. ^ “せ 【瀬・湍】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Samuel E. Martin (1987), The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 520
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