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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *patu (“first”).
Numeral
*patu
- first
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 初 (patsu)
- Kunigami: 初 (phachī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatsï)
- Okinawan: 初 (hatsi, hachi)
- Okinoerabu: 初 (hachi)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatï)
- Tokunoshima: 初 (hatsï)
- Yoron: 初 (pachi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 初 (patsï)
- Yaeyama: 初 (patsï)
- Yonaguni: 初 (hachi)