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.

Proto-Ryukyuan

**Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)**
← 4	5	6 →
Cardinal: *etu

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *etu (“five”).

Numeral

*etu

five

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 五 (itsu)
- Kunigami: 五 (hichi)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 五 (itsï)
- Okinawan: 五 (ichi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 五 (ichi)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 五 (itï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 五 (itsï)
- Yoron: 五 (ichi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 五 (itsï)
- Yaeyama: 五 (itsï)
- Yonaguni: 五 (ichi)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *etu (“when”).

Pronoun

*etu

when

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 何時 (itsu)
- Kunigami: 何時 (hichī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 何時 (itsï)
- Okinawan: 何時 (ichi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 何時 (ichī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 何時 (ichi, itī, it)
- Toku-No-Shima: 何時 (itsïï)
- Yoron: 何時 (ichi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 何時 (itsï)
- Yaeyama: 何時 (itsï)
- Yonaguni: 何時 (ichi)

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