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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oya

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 *əya (“one's elders; parent”).

Noun

*oya

  1. one's elders
  2. parent

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 親 (uya)
    • Kunigami: 親 (uyā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 親 (uya)
    • Okinawan: 親 (uya)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 親 (uyā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 親 (uya)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 親 (uya)
    • Yoron: 親 (uya)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 親 (uya)
    • Yaeyama: 親 (uya)
    • Yonaguni: 親 (uya)

References
  • Thorpe (1983) p. 315
  • Curry (2004) p. 269
  • “うや”, in 日本の危機言語‎ (in Japanese), National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, 2022
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