Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/
kai
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
Noun
*kai
hair
,
(
zootomy
)
fur
Descendants
Old Japanese:
毛
(
ke
2
, ka
)
Japanese:
毛
(
ke, ka
)
Proto-Ryukyuan:
*ke
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
毛
(
xïï
)
Kunigami:
毛
(
khī
/kʰíː/
)
Northern Amami Ōshima:
毛
(
kï, xï, xïï
)
Okinawan:
毛
(
kī
/kîː/
)
Okinoerabu:
毛
(
hī
/çíː/
)
Southern Amami Ōshima:
毛
(
xïï
/kʰɨ̂ˑ/
)
Tokunoshima:
毛
(
kïï
/kɨ́ː/
)
Yoron:
毛
(
shī
/ɕìː/
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
毛
(
kī
)
Yaeyama:
毛
(
kī
/kîː/
)
Yonaguni:
毛
(
kī
/kíː/
)
References
Thorpe, Maner Lawton (
1983
)
Ryūkyūan Language History
[1]
, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page
293