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From Proto-Japonic *kətə ( “ act, deed, work; matter, thing ” ) .
*koto
act , deed , work
matter , thing
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai: 事 ( xutu )
Kunigami: 事 ( khutū )
Northern Amami-Oshima: 事 ( kutu, xutu )
Okinawan: 事 ( kutu )
Oki-No-Erabu: 事 ( kutu )
Southern Amami-Oshima: 事 ( xutu )
Toku-No-Shima: 事 ( kutu )
Yoron: 事 ( futu )
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako: 事 ( kutu )
Yaeyama: 事 ( kutu )
Yonaguni: 事 ( kutu )
From Proto-Japonic *kətə ( “ speech, word ” ) .
*koto
speech , word
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kunigami: 言 ( futū, khutū )
Northern Amami-Oshima: 言 ( xutu )
Okinawan: 言 ( kutu )
Southern Amami-Oshima: 言 ( kutu )
Yoron: 言 ( futu )
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako: 言 ( kutu )
Yaeyama: 言 ( kutu )
Yonaguni: 言 ( kutu )