Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kaki

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

One can speculate a connection to the root kak- found in words such as modern Japanese 欠く (kaku, “to break off”), 囲む (kakomu, kakumu, “to surround”) 囲う (kakou, kakuu, “to enclose”).[1][2] Martin (1987) notes that all of those accentual registers is incongruent with kaki, despite being that the syllables of all of the words, including kaki itself, start with a high (H) tone.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 2.2

Noun

*kaki

  1. fence

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 垣 (kaki₁)
    • Japanese: 垣 (kaki)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kaki
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 垣 (hachi)
      • Kunigami: 垣 (hach'ī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 垣 (kak'i)
      • Okinawan: 垣 (kachi)
      • Okinoerabu: 垣 (hachi, haki)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 垣 (kak, kangi)
      • Tokunoshima: 垣 (kaki)
      • Yoron: 垣 (haki)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 垣 (kaksï)
      • Yaeyama: 垣 (kakï)
      • Yonaguni: 垣 (kati)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Samuel E. Martin (1987), The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 434
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
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