Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sakai

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

*sakai: rice wine, sake.

Noun

*sakai

  1. rice wine, sake

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (sake2, saka)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *sake
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 사긔 (/⁠sa.kɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)[1]
      • Kikai: ()
      • Kunigami: (sakī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (sehe)
      • Okinawan: (saki)
      • Okinoerabu: (saki)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (sëhë)
      • Tokunoshima: (sakë)
      • Yoron: (sai)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (saki)
      • Yaeyama: (saki)
      • Yonaguni: (sagi)

References

  1. ^ Lin, Chihkai (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach[1], University of Hawaii at Manoa