赤い

Etymology
Cognate with.

Medial voiceless plosives, like, underwent voicing, then spirantization, then gliding, then being dropped, before. As this intervocalic sound-change did not occur before (Hamano, 2000), Middle Japanese became  赤い.

→ * → * → * → * → *.

Pronunciation

 * (Kyoto) $\overline{あ}$かい [áꜜkàì]

Adjective

 * 1) red