Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoda

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *yeda (apophonic)

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *yəynta (“branch”).

Noun

*yoda

1. branch

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 枝 (yuda)
  • Kunigami: 枝 (yudā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 枝 (yoda, yuda)
  • Okinawan: 枝 (yuda, yida)
  • Okinoerabu: 枝 (yedā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 枝 (yeda)
  • Tokunoshima: 枝 (yuda, yeda, yida)
  • Yoron: 枝 (yuda)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 枝 (yuda)
  • Yaeyama: 枝 (yuda)
  • Yonaguni: 枝 (duda)