Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/o

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

From Proto-Japonic *ə (“you (singular)”).

Pronoun

*o

  1. you (singular)

Declension

Nominative *o, accusative *ono, genitive *o/*e.

Derived terms

  • *ukeya (from the nominative + pluralizing suffix *-keya)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Okinoerabu: 己きゃ (ukya), 己ちゃ (ucha)
      • Tokunoshima: 己きゃ (ukya)
  • *unura (from the accusative + pluralizing suffix *-ra)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Yaeyama:
        Aragusuku: 己 (nda)
      • Yonaguni: 己 (nda)
  • *ereta (from the genitive extended with *-re + pluralizing suffix *-ta)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kunigami: 己ったー (ittā)
      • Okinawan: 己ったー (ittā)
  • *ete (from the genitive extended with *-te)(Should we delete(+) this sense?)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako:
        Irabu: 己てぃ (iti)
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