Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/towo

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

**Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: *towo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *təwə (“ten”).

Numeral

*towo

ten

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 十 (θū)
- Kunigami: 十 (thū)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 十 (θū)
- Okinawan: 十 (tū)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 十 (tū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 十 (tū)
- Toku-No-Shima: 十 (tū)
- Yoron: 十 (tū)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 十 (tū)
- Yaeyama: 十 (tū)
- Yonaguni: 十 (tū)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *təpə (“distant, far; long, remote”).

Adjective

*towo

distant, far
long, remote

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 遠さい (θūsai)
- Kunigami: 遠せん (thūsen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 遠さり (θūsari)
- Okinawan: 遠さん (tūsan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 遠さん (tūsan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 遠さむっ (tūsam)
- Toku-No-Shima: 遠さい (tūsai)
- Yoron: 遠さん (tūsan)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 遠 (tū)
- Yaeyama: 遠さん (tūsan)
- Yonaguni: 遠ん (twan)

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