Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/i-ka

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 *e-ka (“how”).

Pronoun

*i-ka

  1. how

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 如何 (sha, sa), 如何な (ixana)
    • Kunigami: 如何 (cā, ikāna, hikāna)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 如何し (xyashi)
    • Okinawan: 如何 (chā, icha, ikana)
    • Okinoerabu: 如何 (icha, ikya)
    • ⇒ Southern Amami Ōshima: 如何し (ikyashi, ixyāshi)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 如何すぃ (ikyasï)
    • Yoron: 如何 (ichā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 如何 (ikya)
    • ⇒ Yaeyama: 如何有ら (ikāra)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 如何な (ikana)
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