Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/itoko

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.

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Proto-Japonic

Noun

*itoko

1. dear, beloved person
2. cousin

Descendants

• Old Japanese: いとこ (ito₁ko₁)
  • Japanese: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (itoko)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *itoko
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (ituku)
    • Kunigami: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (hichīkū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (iθoxo)
    • Okinawan: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (ichuku)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (itoko)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (itoko, iθōxo)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (itōko)
    • Yoron: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (ichū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *ituku
    • Miyako: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (ichifu)
    • Yaeyama: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (ichifu)
    • Yonaguni: 従兄弟, 従姉妹, 愛子 (itigu, ichigu)