Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ita

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *ita (“board, plank”).

Noun

*ita

  1. board, plank
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 板 (ita)
    • Kunigami: 板 (hichā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 板 (iθa, icha)
    • Okinawan: 板 (ita, icha)
    • Okinoerabu: 板 (ïtcha)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 板 (iθa)
    • Tokunoshima: 板 (ica)
    • Yoron: 板 (icha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 板 (itsa) (possibly from Okinawan)
    • Yaeyama: 板 (ita)
    • Yonaguni: 板 (ita)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *ita (“painful”).

Adjective

*ita

  1. painful (both physically and mentally)
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 痛ーせん, 甚ーせん (hichāsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 痛さり, 甚さり (ichasari)
    • Okinawan: 痛さん, 甚さん (ichasan)
    • Okinoerabu: みー痛ーさん, みー痛ーさん (mīchasan)
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