Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wa

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 *wanu (“I”). Cognate with Eastern Old Japanese 我 (wanu).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /wanu/

Pronoun

*wa

1. I

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 완 (wan) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 我ん (わん, wan)
  • Kunigami: 我ん (わん, wan)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 我ん (わん, wan)
  • Okinawan: 我ん (わん, wan)
  • Okinoerabu: 我ん (わぬ, wanu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 我ん (わん, wan)
  • Tokunoshima: 我ん (わん, wan)
  • Yoron: 我ん (わぬ, wanu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 我ん (ばん, ban)
  • Yaeyama: 我ぬ (ばぬ, banu)
  • Yonaguni: 我ぬ (ばぬ, banu) (1st person plural)