Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wa
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Proto-Ryukyuan
editReconstruction
editAccording to Thorpe (1983), the daughter languages show variation in the use of this pronoun. Almost all daughter languages generalized this plural as a singular (like in Japanese) except for Yonaguni, which retains the original distinction.
The different descendant forms are likely the product of fusion with various suffixing elements, while the original word is now used as either a nominative or a genitive.
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Japonic *wa (“we”, first-person plural).
Pronoun
edit*wa
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *wanu
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *wakeya
- *waCta
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *waya
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
edit- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 219, 299