Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koe-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *koy-a- (“to cross over a broad/high place”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Verb

*koe-

  1. to cross over a broad/high place
  2. to step over

Descendants

  • 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)
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