Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/watari

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 *wataru (“to go across”).

Verb

*watari

1. to go across

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 渡－るん (watārun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 渡るり (waθaruri)
  • Okinawan: 渡ゆん (watayun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 渡ゆん (waθayun)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 渡るい (waθarui)
  • Yoron: 渡ゆん (watayun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 渡ㇲ゙ (bataz)
  • Yaeyama: 渡るん (badarun)
  • Yonaguni: 渡るん (batarun)