Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/putari

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 *putari (“two people”). Equivalent to *puta (“two”) + *-ri (“person suffix”).

Noun

*putari

1. two people

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 二人 (tai)
  • Kunigami: 二人 (tai)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 二人 (tāri)
  • Okinawan: 二人 (tai)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 二人 (tari, tāri, tar)
  • Yoron: 二人 (tai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 二人 (futāz)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 二人 (taintu) (< *putari-bito)