Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ota

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 *ota (“song”).

Noun

*ota

song

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 歌 (uta)
- Kunigami: 歌 (futā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 歌 (uθa, oθa)
- Okinawan: 歌 (uta)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 歌 (uta, utā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 歌 (uθa)
- Toku-No-Shima: 歌 (uta)
- Yoron: 歌 (uta)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Yaeyama: 歌 (uta)
- Yonaguni: 歌 (uta)

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