Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/etu

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *etu

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *etu (“five”).

Numeral

*etu

  2. five

Reconstruction notes

The initial vowel is preserved in the Yuwan dialectal form 五つぃ (ïtsïtsï).

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 五 (itsu)
    • Kunigami: 五 (hichi)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 五 (itsï)
    • Okinawan: 五 (ichi)
    • Okinoerabu: 五 (ichi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 五 (itï)
    • Tokunoshima: 五 (itsï)
    • Yoron: 五 (ichi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 五 (itsï)
    • Yaeyama: 五 (itsï)
    • Yonaguni: 五 (ichi)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *etu (“when”).

Pronoun

*etu

  2. when

Reconstruction notes

The initial vowel is preserved in the Yuwan dialectal form 何時 (ïtsï).

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
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