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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/awoi

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

Etymology

Related to *awo (“blue”).

Pronunciation
  • Accent class: 2.5b

Noun

*awoi[1]

  1. indigo

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 藍 (awi)
    • Japanese: 藍 (ai)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *awi
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 藍 (ē)
      • Kunigami: 藍 (ē)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 藍 (yē)
      • Okinawan: 藍 (ē)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 藍 (ai)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 藍 (ē)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 藍 (ai) (in compounds)
      • Yoron: 藍 (ai)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 藍 (āz)
      • Yaeyama: 藍 (ai)
      • Yonaguni: 藍 (ai)

References
  1. Pellard, Thomas (2013) “Ryukyuan perspectives on the proto-Japonic vowel system”, in Frellesvig, Bjarke, Sells, Peter, editors, Japanese/Korean Linguistics‎, number 20, CSLI Publications, →ISBN, page 91
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