Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/a
Proto-Ryukyuan edit
Reconstruction edit
According to Thorpe (1983), the daughter languages show variation in the use of this pronoun. Almost all daughter languages lost this pronoun except for Miyako and Yonaguni, where the latter uses it as a singular. However, Kunigami uses it as a plural.
Etymology edit
From Proto-Japonic *a (“I”).
Pronoun edit
*a
Derived terms edit
- *aga (from *a + *ga)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 吾が (aga)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako::
- Minna: 吾が (aga)
- Miyako::
- *ara (from the short nominative with *-ra taken from the plural)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
- Ōgami: 吾ー (arā, topic) (< *ara wa)
- Miyako:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- *anu (from the long nominative)