Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/karu

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 *karu (“light, lightweight”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Adjective

*karu

  1. light, lightweight
    Antonym: *ubo

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: *karu, *garu
    • Kunigami: 軽しぇん (gasshen /⁠gáꞯɕèɴ⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 軽さり (garusari)
    • Okinawan: 軽さん (kassan, gassan /⁠káꞯsâɴ, gáꞯsâɴ⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: 軽さん (harusan /⁠hàɾùsâɴ⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 軽さむっ (xarsam /⁠kʰàɾsàm̩⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: 軽はい (garohai /⁠gàɾòháɪ̀⁠/)
    • Yoron: 軽さん (harusan /⁠hàɾùsàɴ⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 軽ーㇲ゙ (kāz)
    • Yaeyama: 軽さーん (karasān /⁠káɾásàːɴ⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 軽ん (karan /⁠kàɾáɴ⁠/)
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