Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/poka

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

Alternative reconstructions

*pəka

Etymology

Related to Baekje ホカ (*poka, “outside”).[1]

The second mora means "place".

Noun

*poka

other side

Descendants

Old Japanese: 外, 他 (poka)
- Japanese: 外, 他 (hoka)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *poka
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 外, 他 (fukā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 外, 他 (hoxa)
  - Okinawan: 外, 他 (fuka)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 外, 他 (fukā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 外, 他 (fka)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 外, 他 (fuka)
  - Yoron: 外, 他 (fuka)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 外, 他 (puka)
  - Yaeyama: 外, 他 (fuka)
  - Yonaguni: 外, 他 (fuga)

References

John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research‎, volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443

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[1] John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research‎, volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443