Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/
utui
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
Noun
*utui
inside
Synonym:
*naka
Descendants
Old Japanese:
内
(
uti, utu-
)
Japanese:
内
(
uchi, utsu-
)
⇒
Old Japanese:
垣内
(
kaki₁tu
,
“
inside of a fence
”
)
Proto-Ryukyuan:
*uti
Northern Ryukyuan:
우지
(
/u.tʃi/
)
(Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
Kikai:
内
(
uchi
)
Kunigami:
内
(
fuchī
)
Northern Amami Ōshima:
内
(
uchi
)
Okinawan:
内
(
uchi
)
Okinoerabu:
内
(
uchi
)
Tokunoshima:
内
(
uchi
)
Yoron:
内
(
uchi
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
内
(
utsï, vtsï
)
Yaeyama:
内
(
utsï
)
Yonaguni:
内
(
uti
)
References
Vovin (2018:118)