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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pito

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 1

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: *pito
    Ordinal: *patu

From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“one”).

Alternative forms

  • *pite

Numeral

*pito

  1. one
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 一 (tī)
    • Kunigami: 一 (tī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 一 (tï, tïï)
    • Okinawan: 一 (tī)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 一 (tī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 一 (tï)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 一 (tïï, θī)
    • Yoron: 一 (tī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 一 (psïtu, psïti)
    • Yaeyama: 一 (pïti)
    • Yonaguni: 一 (ttu)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“person; human”).

Noun

*pito

  1. person
  2. human
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 피죠 (/⁠pʰi.tsjo⁠/), 피츄 (/⁠pʰi.tsʰju⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 人 (tchu, chu)
    • Kunigami: 人 (chū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 人 (tchu, chu)
    • Okinawan: 人 (tchu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 人 (chū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 人 (chū)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 人 (chu, chū)
    • Yoron: 人 (pichu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 人 (psïtu)
    • Yaeyama: 人 (pïtu)
    • Yonaguni: 人 (ttū)
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