Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/utui

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Noun

*utui

inside
Synonym: *naka

Descendants

Old Japanese: 内 (uti, utu-)
- Japanese: 内 (uchi, utsu-)
⇒ Old Japanese: 垣内 (kaki₁tu, “inside of a fence”)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *uti
- Northern Ryukyuan: うち (uchi) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
  - Kikai: 内 (uchi)
  - Kunigami: 内 (fuchī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 内 (uchi)
  - Okinawan: 内 (uchi)
  - Okinoerabu: 内 (uchi)
  - Tokunoshima: 内 (uchi)
  - Yoron: 内 (uchi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 内 (utsï, vtsï)
  - Yaeyama: 内 (utsï)
  - Yonaguni: 内 (uti)

References

Vovin (2018:118)