Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/itu ~ etu

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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.
This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Japonic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *itu ~ etu

Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 于次 (ucha).

Numeral

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*itu ~ etu

  1. five
Descendants
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  • Old Japanese: (itu)
    • Japanese: (itsu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *etu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (itsu)
      • Kunigami: (hichi)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (itsï)
      • Okinawan: (ichi)
      • Okinoerabu: (ichi)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (itï)
      • Tokunoshima: (itsï)
      • Yoron: (ichi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (itsï)
      • Yaeyama: (itsï)
      • Yonaguni: (ichi)

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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*itu ~ etu

  1. when
Descendants
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