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Proto-Japonic [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 于次 ( ucha ) .
Numeral [ edit ]
*etu
five
Descendants [ edit ]
Old Japanese: 五 ( itu )
Proto-Ryukyuan: *etu Northern Ryukyuan:Kikai: 五 ( itsu ) Kunigami: 五 ( hichi ) Northern Amami-Oshima: 五 ( itsï ) Okinawan: 五 ( ichi ) Oki-No-Erabu: 五 ( ichi ) Southern Amami-Oshima: 五 ( itï ) Toku-No-Shima: 五 ( itsï ) Yoron: 五 ( ichi ) Southern Ryukyuan:Miyako: 五 ( itsï ) Yaeyama: 五 ( itsï ) Yonaguni: 五 ( ichi )
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Pronoun [ edit ]
*etu
when
Descendants [ edit ]
Old Japanese: 何時 ( itu )
Proto-Ryukyuan: *etu Northern Ryukyuan:Kikai: 何時 ( itsu ) Kunigami: 何時 ( hichī ) Northern Amami-Oshima: 何時 ( itsï ) Okinawan: 何時 ( ichi ) Oki-No-Erabu: 何時 ( ichī ) Southern Amami-Oshima: 何時 ( ichi, itī, it ) Toku-No-Shima: 何時 ( itsïï ) Yoron: 何時 ( ichi ) Southern Ryukyuan:Miyako: 何時 ( itsï ) Yaeyama: 何時 ( itsï ) Yonaguni: 何時 ( ichi )