Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yodari

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 *yontari (“drool”).

Noun

*yodari

1. drool

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 洟, 涎 (yudai)
  • Kunigami: 洟, 涎 (yudai)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 洟, 涎 (yodari)
  • Okinawan: 洟, 涎 (yudai)
  • Okinoerabu: 洟, 涎 (yudai, yudē)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 洟, 涎 (yudāri)
  • Tokunoshima: 洟, 涎 (yudai)
  • Yoron: 洟, 涎 (yūdai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 洟, 涎 (yudai)
  • Yaeyama: 洟, 涎 (yudarï)
  • Yonaguni: 洟, 涎 (dudai)