From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *nə (“genitive case marker”). *<span class="searchmatch">no</span> nominative and genitive case marker <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span> languages use a hierarchy to determine which of its nominative...
Most <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span> words meaning "what" would either be 何 (<span class="searchmatch">nō</span>) or 何 (nū). However a form exists in Old <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span> nau, and also literary Miyako 何 (nau), suggesting...
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)...
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 *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 *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 *kinəpu (“yesterday”). *kinou yesterday Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: Kikai: 昨日 (kinyū) Kunigami: 昨日 (khinū) Northern Amami Ōshima: 昨日 (kinu)...
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...