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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/eku

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words 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 *eku (“how many”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eku/

Determiner

*eku

  1. how many

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 幾 (いく, iku)
    • Kunigami: 幾 (ひく゚, hiku)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 幾 (いく, iku)
    • Okinawan: 幾 (いく, iku)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 幾 (いく, iku)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 幾 (いくっ, ik)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 幾 (いく, iku)
    • Yoron: 幾 (いく, iku)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 幾 (いふ, ifu)
    • Yaeyama: 幾 (いふ, ifu)
    • Yonaguni: 幾 (いぐ, igu)
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