Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/uya

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 *uya (“you (plural)”).

Pronoun

*uya

1. you (plural)

Declension

Nominative *uya, genitive *ura.

Derived terms

• *ura (from the genitive)
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: だー (dā)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: うら (ura)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: うら (ura)
    • Yoron: うら (ura)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: っゔぁ (vva)
    • Yaeyama: わー (wā)
    • Yonaguni: んだ (nda)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: っやー ('yā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: っやー ('yā)
  • Okinawan: っやー ('yā)
  • Toku-No-Shima: っやー ('yā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Irabu: やー (yā)