Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ya

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Proto-Ryukyuan edit

Etymology 1 edit

**Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)**
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: *ya

From Proto-Japonic *ya (“eight”).

Numeral edit

*ya

eight

Descendants edit

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 八 (yā)
- Kunigami: 八 (yā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
- Okinawan: 八 (yā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 八 (yā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
- Toku-No-Shima: 八 (yā)
- Yoron: 八 (yā)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 八 (yā)
- Yaeyama: 八 (yā)
- Yonaguni: 八 (dā)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Japonic *ya (“house”).

Noun edit

*ya

house

Descendants edit

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Kunigami: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Okinawan: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Toku-No-Shima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yoron: 家, 屋 (yā)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yaeyama: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yonaguni: 家, 屋 (dā)