Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/utui

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

Noun

*utui

1. inside

   Synonym: *naka

2. now

   Synonym: *ima

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 内 (uti, utu, “inside; now”)
  • Japanese: 内 (uchi, utsu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *uti (“inside”)
  • Northern Ryukyuan: うち (uchi) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
    • Kikai: 内 (uchi)
    • Kunigami: 内 (fuchī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 内 (uchi)
    • Okinawan: 内 (uchi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 内 (uchi)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 内 (uch)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 内 (uchi)
    • Yoron: 内 (uchi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 内 (utsï, vtsï)
    • Yaeyama: 内 (utsï)
    • Yonaguni: 内 (uti)