Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/towo

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

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *towo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *təwə (“ten”).

Numeral

*towo

2. ten

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 十 (θū)
  • Kunigami: 十 (thū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 十 (θū)
  • Okinawan: 十 (tū)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 十 (tū)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 十 (tū)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 十 (tū)
  • Yoron: 十 (tū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 十 (tū)
  • Yaeyama: 十 (tū)
  • Yonaguni: 十 (tū)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *təpə (“distant, far; long, remote”).

Adjective

*towo

2. distant, far
4. long, remote

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 遠さい (θūsai)
  • Kunigami: 遠せん (thūsen)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 遠さり (θūsari)
  • Okinawan: 遠さん (tūsan)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 遠さん (tūsan)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 遠さむっ (tūsam)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 遠さい (tūsai)
  • Yoron: 遠さん (tūsan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 遠 (tū)
  • Yaeyama: 遠さん (tūsan)
  • Yonaguni: 遠ん (twan)