Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kado

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 *kanto (“corner”).

Noun

*kado

1. corner

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 角, 稜 (kadu)
  • Kunigami: 角, 稜 (hadū, khadū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 角, 稜 (xado)
  • Okinawan: 角, 稜 (kadu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 角, 稜 (kadū)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 角, 稜 (kado)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 角, 稜 (kadū, kajū)
  • Yoron: 角, 稜 (hadu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 角, 稜 (kadu)
  • Yaeyama: 角, 稜 (kadu)
  • Yonaguni: 角, 稜 (kadu)