Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inoti

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 *inəti (“life”).

Noun

*inoti

life

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 命 (inuchi)
- Kunigami: 命 (inuchī, nuchī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 命 (nyuchi, nyūchi)
- Okinawan: 命 (inuchi, nuchi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 命 (inuchi)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 命 (inochi)
- Toku-No-Shima: 命 (inucï)
- Yoron: 命 (inuchi, nuchi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 命 (nnutsï)
- Yaeyama: 命 (nutsï)
- Yonaguni: 命 (nutti)

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