Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kata-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kata

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 *kata- (“one side or part of a pair”).

Prefix

*kata-

1. one side or part of a pair

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 片 (hata-)
  • Kunigami: 片 (hata-)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 片 (xaθa-)
  • Okinawan: 片 (kata-)
  • Okinoerabu: 片 (hata-)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 片 (kata-)
  • Tokunoshima: 片 (kata-)
  • Yoron: 片 (hata-)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 片 (kata-)
  • Yaeyama: 片 (kata-)
  • Yonaguni: 片 (kata-)