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

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 内 (uti, utu-)
  • Japanese: 内 (uchi, utsu-)
• ⇒ Old Japanese: 垣内 (kaki₁tu, “inside of a fence”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *uti
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 우지 (/⁠u.tʃi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 内 (uchi)
    • Kunigami: 内 (fuchī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 内 (uchi)
    • Okinawan: 内 (uchi)
    • Okinoerabu: 内 (uchi)
    • Tokunoshima: 内 (uchi)
    • Yoron: 内 (uchi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 内 (utsï, vtsï)
    • Yaeyama: 内 (utsï)
    • Yonaguni: 内 (uti)

References

• Vovin (2018:118)