Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/etu

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.

From Proto-Japonic *etu (“five”).

*etu

2. five

The initial vowel is preserved in the Yuwan dialectal form 五つぃ (ïtsïtsï).

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• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 五 (itsu)
  • Kunigami: 五 (hichi)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 五 (itsï)
  • Okinawan: 五 (ichi)
  • Okinoerabu: 五 (ichi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 五 (itï)
  • Tokunoshima: 五 (itsï)
  • Yoron: 五 (ichi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 五 (itsï)
  • Yaeyama: 五 (itsï)
  • Yonaguni: 五 (ichi)

From Proto-Japonic *etu (“when”).

*etu

2. when

The initial vowel is preserved in the Yuwan dialectal form 何時 (ïtsï).

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 何時 (itsu)
  • Kunigami: 何時 (hichī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 何時 (itsï)
  • Okinawan: 何時 (ichi)
  • Okinoerabu: 何時 (ichī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 何時 (ichi, itī, it)
  • Tokunoshima: 何時 (itsïï)
  • Yoron: 何時 (ichi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 何時 (itsï)
  • Yaeyama: 何時 (itsï)
  • Yonaguni: 何時 (ichi)