Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ota

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 *ota (“song”).

Noun

*ota

1. song

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 歌 (uta)
  • Kunigami: 歌 (futā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 歌 (uθa, oθa)
  • Okinawan: 歌 (uta)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 歌 (uta, utā)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 歌 (uθa)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 歌 (uta)
  • Yoron: 歌 (uta)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: 歌 (uta)
  • Yonaguni: 歌 (uta)