Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kazu

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 *kansu (“number”).

Noun

*kazu

1. number

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 数 (kadu)
  • Kunigami: 数 (haji)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 数 (xazï)
  • Okinawan: 数 (kazi)
  • Okinoerabu: 数 (haji, kaji)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 数 (xadï)
  • Tokunoshima: 数 (xazï)
  • Yoron: 数 (haji)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 数 (kazï)
  • Yaeyama: 数 (kazï)
  • Yonaguni: 数 (kadi)