Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ue

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 *upai (“above, over”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*ue

2. above, over

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 上 (wïï)
  • Kunigami: 上 (ui)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 上 ('wïï)
  • Okinawan: 上 ('wī)
  • Okinoerabu: 上 (ui)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 上 ('wïï)
  • Tokunoshima: 上 ('wïï)
  • Yoron: 上 (ui)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Hirara: 上 (ui)

    Ikema: 上 (ui) (tone class A)

    Irabu: 上 (ui)

    Tarama: 上 (ui) (tone class A)

  • Yaeyama: 上 (ui) (tone class A)
  • Yonaguni: 上 (ui) (tone class A)