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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 1
From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“one”).
Numeral
*pito
- one
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 一 (tī)
- Kunigami: 一 (t'ī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 一 (t'ï, t'ïï)
- Okinawan: 一 (tī)
- Okinoerabu: 一 (tī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 一 (t'ï)
- Tokunoshima: 一 (t'ïï, tī)
- Yoron: 一 (tī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 一 (psïtu, psïti)
- Yaeyama: 一 (pïti)
- Yonaguni: 一 (ttu)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“person; human”).
Noun
*pito
- person
- human
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: 피죠 (/pʰi.tsjo/), 피츄 (/pʰi.tsʰju/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai: 人 (tchu, chu)
- Kunigami: 人 (ch'ū)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 人 (tchu, ch'u)
- Okinawan: 人 (tchu)
- Okinoerabu: 人 (ch'ū)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 人 (ch'ū)
- Tokunoshima: 人 (ch'u, ch'ū)
- Yoron: 人 (pichu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 人 (psïtu)
- Yaeyama: 人 (pïtu)
- Yonaguni: 人 (ttū)