Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ya

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)**
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: *ya

From Proto-Japonic *ya (“eight”).

Numeral

*ya

eight

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 八 (yā)
- Kunigami: 八 (yā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
- Okinawan: 八 (yā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 八 (yā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
- Toku-No-Shima: 八 (yā)
- Yoron: 八 (yā)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 八 (yā)
- Yaeyama: 八 (yā)
- Yonaguni: 八 (dā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *ya (“house”).

Noun

*ya

house

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Kunigami: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Okinawan: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Toku-No-Shima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yoron: 家, 屋 (yā)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yaeyama: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yonaguni: 家, 屋 (dā)

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