Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kiki

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 *kiku (“to hear, listen”).

Verb

*kiki

1. to hear, listen

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 聞きゅい, 聴きゅい (kikyui)
  • Kunigami: 聞ちゅん, 聴ちゅん (hichun, shichun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 聞きゅり, 聴きゅり (kikyuri)
  • Okinawan: 聞ちゅん, 聴ちゅん (chichun)
  • Okinoerabu: 聞きゅん, 聴きゅん (kikyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 聞きゅむっ, 聴きゅむっ (xixyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 聞き, 聴き (kiki)
  • Yoron: 聞きゅん, 聴きゅん (kikyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 聞きぃ, 聴きぃ (ksïksï)
  • Yaeyama: 聞くん, 聴くん (sïkun)
  • Yonaguni: 聞ん, 聴ん (kkun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 294