Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *atu (“hot”).
Adjective
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*atu
- hot
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 熱さい, 暑さい (atusai, atsusai)
- Kunigami: 熱せん, 暑せん (hachisen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 熱さり, 暑さり (atsïsari)
- Okinawan: 熱さん, 暑さん (achisan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 熱さん, 暑さん (achasan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 熱むっ, 暑むっ (attam)
- Toku-No-Shima: 熱さい, 暑さい (atsïsai)
- Yoron: 熱さん, 暑さん (achisan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 熱, 暑 (atsï)
- Yaeyama: 熱さん, 暑さん (attsasan)
- Yonaguni: 熱ん, 暑ん (attsan)
References
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- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 297-298