Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ye-

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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 *yəy (good).

Prefix

*ye-

  1. good

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (yī-)
    • Kunigami: (hī-)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (yī-)
    • Okinawan: (yī-)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (yī-)
    • Yoron: (yi-)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: (ī-)
    • Yonaguni: (ī, hī-)