Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/patu

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

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Cardinal: pitə Ordinal: patu

Etymology

Possibly related to 端 (pata, “edge”); compare 始む (pazimu, “to begin”), in turn considered to be a derivation from 端 (pa, pasi, “edge”).

Numeral

*patu

first

Prefix

*patu

first

Descendants

Old Japanese: 初 (patu)
- Japanese: 初 (hatsu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *patu
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 初 (patsu)
  - Kunigami: 初 (phachī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatsï)
  - Okinawan: 初 (hatsi, hachi)
  - Okinoerabu: 初 (hachi)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatï)
  - Tokunoshima: 初 (hatsï)
  - Yoron: 初 (pachi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 初 (patsï)
  - Yaeyama: 初 (patsï)
  - Yonaguni: 初 (hachi)