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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“source of freshwater”).
Noun
*kawa
- spring, well
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 川 (hā)
- Kunigami: 川 (hā)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 川 (kō)
- Okinawan: 川 (kā)
- Okinoerabu: 川 (hō)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 川 (kō)
- Tokunoshima: 川 (kō)
- Yoron: 川 (kō)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 川 (kā)
- Yaeyama: 川 (kā)
- Yonaguni: 川 (kā)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“bark, hide, skin; leather”).
Noun
*kawa
- bark, hide, skin
- leather
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 皮, 革 (hā)
- Kunigami: 皮, 革 (hā)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 皮, 革 (kō)
- Okinawan: 皮, 革 (kā)
- Okinoerabu: 皮, 革 (hō)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 皮, 革 (kō)
- Tokunoshima: 皮, 革 (ko, kō)
- Yoron: 皮, 革 (hō)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 皮, 革 (kā)
- Yaeyama: 皮, 革 (kā)
- Yonaguni: 皮, 革 (kā)