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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *ətə (“sound”).
Noun
*oto
- sound
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 音 (utu)
- Kunigami: 音 (futū)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 音 (uθu)
- Okinawan: 音 (utu)
- Okinoerabu: 音 (utu)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 音 (uθu)
- Tokunoshima: 音 (utu)
- Yoron: 音 (utu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 音 (utu)
- Yaeyama: 音 (utu)
- Yonaguni: 音 (utu)