Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/karu
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Proto-Japonic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Accent class: HH-
Adjective
[edit]*karu
- light, lightweight
- Antonym: *onpo
Descendants
[edit]- Old Japanese: 軽 (karu)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *karu (tone class A)
- Northern Ryukyuan: *karu, *garu
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
[edit]- ^ “かる・い 【軽】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN