Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pati

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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.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *pati (bee; wasp).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Noun

*pati

  1. bee, wasp

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (pachi)
    • Kunigami: (phachī /⁠pʰàtɕíː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (hachi)
    • Okinawan: (hachā /⁠hátɕâː⁠/) (< *patiCa)
    • Okinoerabu: (hachi /⁠hàtɕí⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (hach /⁠hátɕ̩⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: (hachi /⁠hàtɕɪ́⁠/)
    • Yoron: (pachi /⁠pàtɕì⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (patsï)
    • Yaeyama: (padzï /⁠pádzɨ̀⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: (hachi, hata /⁠hàtɕî, hàtâ⁠/) (< *pati, *patiCa)