Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/putari

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.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

From *puta (“two”) + *-ri (“person suffix”).

Noun

*putari

1. two people

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 二人 (putari)
  • Japanese: 二人 (futari)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *putari
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 二人 (tai)
    • Kunigami: 二人 (tai)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 二人 (tāri)
    • Okinawan: 二人 (tai)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 二人 (tari, tāri, tar)
    • Yoron: 二人 (tai)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 二人 (futāz)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 二人 (taintu) (< *putari-bito)