Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yo

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

*yo

night
Antonym: *pi (“day”)

Derived terms

*yoru

Descendants

Old Japanese: 夜 (yo₁)
- Japanese: 夜 (yo)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yo
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Kunigami: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Okinawan: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Okinoerabu: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Tokunoshima: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Yoron: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Yaeyama: 夜 (ゆー, yū)
  - Yonaguni: 夜 (どぅー, dū)