From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Japonic *<span class="searchmatch">sato</span> (“hamlet”). Tone class: A?/B? *<span class="searchmatch">sato</span> hamlet beau Northern <span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: さと (<span class="searchmatch">sato</span>) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531) Kunigami: 里 (satū /sàtǔː/)...
*<span class="searchmatch">sato</span> hamlet Old Japanese: 里, 郷 (sato1) Japanese: 里, 郷 (<span class="searchmatch">sato</span>, Heian LL, Tokyo 0 [LH(H)], Kyoto 0 [HH(H)], Kagoshima A [HL(L)]) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Ryukyuan</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">sato</span> (accent...