Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ado

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *anto (“heel”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*ado

1. heel

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: あどぅ (adu)
  • Kunigami: あどぅー (adū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: あど (ado)
  • Okinawan: あどぅ (adu)
  • Okinoerabu: あーどぅー (ādū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: あど (ado)
  • Tokunoshima: あどぅ (adu)
  • Yoron: あどぅ (adu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: あどぅ (adu)
  • Yaeyama: あどぅ (adu)
  • Yonaguni: あどぅびら (adubira)