Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koto

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 *kətə (“act, deed, work; matter, thing”).

Noun

*koto

  1. act, deed, work
  2. matter, thing

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 事 (xutu)
    • Kunigami: 事 (khutū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 事 (kutu, xutu)
    • Okinawan: 事 (kutu)
    • Okinoerabu: 事 (kutu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 事 (xutu)
    • Tokunoshima: 事 (kutu)
    • Yoron: 事 (futu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 事 (kutu)
    • Yaeyama: 事 (kutu)
    • Yonaguni: 事 (kutu)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *kətə (“speech, word”).

Noun

*koto

  1. speech, word

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 言 (futū, khutū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 言 (xutu)
    • Okinawan: 言 (kutu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 言 (kutu)
    • Yoron: 言 (futu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 言 (kutu)
    • Yaeyama: 言 (kutu)
    • Yonaguni: 言 (kutu)
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