Northern Ryukyuan: Kunigami: 我ったー (wattā) Okinawan: 我ったー (wattā) Southern Ryukyuan: Yonaguni: 我んた (banta) Proto-Ryukyuan: *waya Southern Ryukyuan: Miyako:...
Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 幾 (ixu-) Kunigami: 幾 (iku-) Okinawan: 幾 (iku-) Yoron: 幾 (iku-) Southern Ryukyuan: Miyako: 幾 (ifu-) Yaeyama: 幾 (ifu-) ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan:...
the forms result from monophthongization. From Proto-Japonic *n-anu- (“what”). *nao what Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 何 (nū) Kunigami: 何 (nū) Northern Amami...
From Proto-Japonic *təwə (“ten”). *too ten Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 十 (θū) Kunigami: 十 (thū) Northern Amami Ōshima: 十 (θū) Okinawan: 十 (tū) Okinoerabu:...
From Proto-Japonic *misV (“miso”). If the term was an earlier Chinese borrowing, the form would be *misa, since *-au > *-a in Proto-Ryukyuan. *miso miso...
From Proto-Japonic *kinəpu (“yesterday”). *kinou yesterday Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 昨日 (kinyū) Kunigami: 昨日 (khinū) Northern Amami Ōshima: 昨日 (kinu)...
From Proto-Japonic *etu (“five”). *etu five The initial vowel is preserved in the Yuwan dialectal form 五つぃ (ïtsïtsï). Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 五 (itsu)...
From Proto-Japonic *uya (“you (plural)”). *ura you (plural) Nominative *uya, genitive *ura. *ura (from the genitive) Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: だー (dā)...
From Proto-Japonic *məsi (“if”). Accent class: A (Okinawan and Southern Ryukyuan)/C (Northern Ryukyuan) *mosi if Northern Ryukyuan: Kunigami: 若し (mushi...
From Proto-Japonic *suku (“to like, love”). *suki to like, love Northern Ryukyuan: Kunigami: 好ちゅん (shichun) Okinawan: 好ちゅん (shichun) Southern Ryukyuan: Miyako:...