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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wata

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 *wata (entrails, gut, intestine), with a change in meaning.

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: B

Noun

*wata

  1. belly, stomach

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai:
      Aden: (wata) (tone class AB)
      Araki: (wata) (tone class AB)
      Kamikatetsu: (wata) (tone class AB)
      Nakasato: (wata) (tone class AB)
      Onotsu: (wata) (tone class BC)
      Sakamine: (wata) (tone class AB)
      Shiomichi: (wata) (tone class AB)
      Shitōke: (wata) (tone class BC)
      Wan: (wata) (tone class AB)
    • Kunigami:
      Nakijin: (watā) (tone class B)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima:
      Yamatohama: (waθa)
      Yuwan: (wata)
    • Okinawan:
      Naha: (wata)
      Shuri: (wata) (tone class B)
    • Oki-No-Erabu:
      Ashikiyora: (watā)
      Kunigami: (watā) (tone class B)
      Kamihirakawa: (watā) (tone class B)
      Tamina: (wattā)
      Wadomari: (watā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima:
      Koniya: (wata)
      Shodon: (wata) (tone class BC)
    • Toku-No-Shima:
      Asama: (watā) (tone class B)
      Inō: (wata)
    • Yoron: (wata) (tone class B)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako:
      Bora: (bata)
      Hirara: (bata)
      Ikema: (bata) (tone class B)
      Irabu: (bata)
      Karimata: (bada)
      Kugai: (bata)
      Kurima: (bata)
      Ōgami: (pata)
      Minna: (bata) (tone class B)
      Nagahama: (bata)
      Sarahama: (bata)
      Shiokawa: (bata)
      Sunagawa: (bata)
      Tarama: (bata) (tone class B)
    • Yaeyama:
      Hateruma: (bata) (tone class BC)
      Ishigaki: (bada) (tone class BC)
      Kohama: (bada) (tone class BC)
      Kuroshima: (bata)
      Taketomi: (bata) (tone class BC)
    • Yonaguni: (bata) (tone class B)
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