Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/e-ku

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *e-ku (“how many”).

Determiner

*e-ku

  1. how many

Reconstruction notes

The Yamatohama dialect of Northern Amami Ōshima had lost many reflexes of *e-ku for some reason; this word only survives in that dialect in 幾返りん (ikkērin, “sometimes”).

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 幾 (ixu-)
    • Kunigami: 幾 (iku-)
    • Okinawan: 幾 (iku-)
    • Yoron: 幾 (iku-)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 幾 (ifu-)
    • Yaeyama: 幾 (ifu-)
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