Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/peto

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

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: C

Noun

*peto

  1. dolphin

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: ぴとぅ (pitu)
    • Kunigami: ぴっとぅ (pitt'u /⁠pʰíttù⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: ふぃ゚とぅ (fïtu)
    • Okinawan: ふぃーとぅ (fītu /⁠ɸíːtú⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: ひとぅ (hitu /⁠çìtû⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: ふぃとぅ (fitu /⁠ɸɪ́tù⁠/)
    • Yoron: ぴとぅ (pitu /⁠pítú⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: ひーとぅ (hītu) (Ikema-Nishihara dialect)
    • Yaeyama: ぴとぅ (pitu /⁠pì̥tú⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: ひっとぅ (hittu /⁠hìQtû⁠/)
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