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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/etu

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 *etu (“five”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /etu/

Numeral
Proto-Ryukyuan cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : *etu

*etu

  1. five

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 五 (いつ, itsu)
    • Kunigami: 五 (ひち, hichi)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 五 (いつぃ, itsï)
    • Okinawan: 五 (いち, ichi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 五 (いち, ichi)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 五 (いとぃ, itï)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 五 (ぃつぃ, ïtsï)
    • Yoron: 五 (いち, ichi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 五 (いつぃ, itsï)
    • Yaeyama: 五 (いつぃ, itsï)
    • Yonaguni: 五 (いち, ichi)
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