Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kunigami: 我ったー (wattā) Okinawan: 我ったー (wattā) Southern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Yonaguni: 我んた (banta) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: *waya Southern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Miyako:...
(ikuchi) Southern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Miyako: 幾つ (ifutsï) Yaeyama: 幾つぃ (ifutsï) Yonaguni: 幾ち (iguchi) ⇒ <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: *e-ku-tari Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kikai: 幾人 (ixutai)...
the forms result from monophthongization. From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *n-anu- (“what”). *nao what Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kikai: 何 (nū) Kunigami: 何 (nū) Northern Amami...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *təwə (“ten”). *too ten Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kikai: 十 (θū) Kunigami: 十 (thū) Northern Amami Ōshima: 十 (θū) Okinawan: 十 (tū) Okinoerabu:...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *misV (“miso”). If the term was an earlier Chinese borrowing, the form would be *misa, since *-au > *-a in <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>. *miso miso...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *uya (“you (plural)”). *ura you (plural) Nominative *uya, genitive *ura. *ura (from the genitive) Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kikai: だー (dā)...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *etu (“five”). *etu five The initial vowel is preserved in the Yuwan dialectal form 五つぃ (ïtsïtsï). Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kikai: 五 (itsu)...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *məsi (“if”). Accent class: A (Okinawan and Southern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>)/C (Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>) *mosi if Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kunigami: 若し (mushi...
operating in Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>. Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span> *miyako > Miyako 宮古 (myāku) and Okinawan 宮古 (nāku). *inama now Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: *inyama Kikai: 今...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *yapyayama (“Yaeyama”). Tone class: A *yaeyama Yaeyama Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Okinawan: 八重山 (yēma) Southern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Miyako: Hirara: 八重山...