Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *ətu (“to fall”).
*ote
- to fall
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 落てぃゆい (utiyui)
- Kunigami: 落て゚ぃるん (futirun)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 落て゚ぃ゚るり (uθïruri)
- Okinawan: 落てぃゆん (utiyun)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 落てぃゆん (utiyun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 落と゚ぃ゚ーゅむっ (uθïïyum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 落て゚ぃ゚り (uθïri)
- Yoron: 落ちゅん (uchun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
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- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 284-285