Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ote

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 *ətu (“to fall”).

Verb

*ote

1. to fall

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 落てぃゆい (utiyui)
  • Kunigami: 落て゚ぃるん (futirun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 落て゚ぃ゚るり (uθïruri)
  • Okinawan: 落てぃゆん (utiyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 落てぃゆん (utiyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 落と゚ぃ゚ーゅむっ (uθïïyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 落て゚ぃ゚り (uθïri)
  • Yoron: 落ちゅん (uchun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 落ーㇲ゙ (utīz)
  • Yaeyama: 落てぃるん (utirun)
  • Yonaguni: 落てぃるん (utirun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 284-285