Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pati

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

bee, wasp

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 蜂 (pachi)
- Kunigami: 蜂 (phachī /⁠pʰàtɕíː⁠/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 蜂 (hachi)
- Okinawan: 蜂 (hachā /⁠hátɕâː⁠/) (< *patiCa)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 蜂 (hachi /⁠hàtɕí⁠/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 蜂 (hach /⁠hátɕ̩⁠/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 蜂 (hachi /⁠hàtɕɪ́⁠/)
- Yoron: 蜂 (pachi /⁠pàtɕì⁠/)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 蜂 (patsï)
- Yaeyama: 蜂 (padzï /⁠pádzɨ̀⁠/)
- Yonaguni: 蜂 (hachi, hata /⁠hàtɕî, hàtâ⁠/) (< *pati, *patiCa)

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