Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wata

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Noun

*wata

1. entrails, gut, intestine

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 腸 (wata)
  • Japanese: 腸 (wata)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *wata (“belly”)
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai:

      Aden: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

      Araki: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

      Kamikatetsu: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

      Nakasato: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

      Onotsu: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)

      Sakamine: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

      Shiomichi: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

      Shitōke: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)

      Wan: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

    • Kunigami:

      Nakijin: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

    • Northern Amami-Oshima:

      Yamatohama: 腹 (waθa)

      Yuwan: 腹 (wata)

    • Okinawan:

      Naha: 腹 (wata)

      Shuri: 腹 (wata) (tone class B)

    • Oki-No-Erabu:

      Ashikiyora: 腹 (watā)

      Kunigami: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

      Kamihirakawa: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

      Tamina: 腹 (wattā)

      Wadomari: 腹 (watā)

    • Southern Amami-Oshima:

      Koniya: 腹 (wata)

    • Toku-No-Shima:

      Asama: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

      Inō: 腹 (wata)

    • Yoron: 腹 (wata) (tone class B)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako:

      Bora: 腹 (bata)

      Hirara: 腹 (bata)

      Ikema: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)

      Irabu: 腹 (bata)

      Karimata: 腹 (bada)

      Kugai: 腹 (bata)

      Kurima: 腹 (bata)

      Ōgami: 腹 (pata)

      Minna: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)

      Nagahama: 腹 (bata)

      Sarahama: 腹 (bata)

      Shiokawa: 腹 (bata)

      Sunagawa: 腹 (bata)

      Tarama: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)

    • Yaeyama:

      Hateruma: 腹 (bata) (tone class BC)

      Ishigaki: 腹 (bada) (tone class BC)

      Kohama: 腹 (bada) (tone class BC)

      Kuroshima: 腹 (bata)

      Taketomi: 腹 (bata) (tone class BC)

    • Yonaguni: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)