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 *upay (“above, over”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: A

Noun

*ue

above, over

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 上 (wïï)
- Kunigami: 上 (ui)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 上 ('wïï)
- Okinawan: 上 ('wī)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 上 (ui)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 上 ('wïï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 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)