Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/-te

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *-te (“conjunctive form of the completion marker (in verbs)”).

Suffix

*-te

1. conjunctive form of completion marker (in verbs)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: てﾟぃ (θi)
  • Kunigami: てぃ (thi)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: とぃ (tï)
  • Okinawan: てぃ (ti)
  • Okinoerabu: てﾟぃ (θi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: とぃ (tï)
  • Tokunoshima: てﾟぃ (θi)
  • Yoron: てぃ (ti)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: ってぃ (tti) (< *site)
  • Yaeyama: ってぃ (tti)
  • Yonaguni: てぃ (ti)