Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pito

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

Alternative forms

*pite (numeral) (< Proto-Japonic *pitəy)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pito/

Numeral

**Proto-Ryukyuan cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : pito Ordinal* : *patu

*pito

one

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 一 (tī)
- Kunigami: 一 (tī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 一 (tï, tïï)
- Okinawan: 一 (tī)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 一 (tī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 一 (tï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 一 (tïï, θī)
- Yoron: 一 (tī)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 一 (psïtu, psïti)
- Yaeyama: 一 (pïti)
- Yonaguni: 一 (ttu)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“person; human”).

Noun

*pito

person
human

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 피죠 (picho), 피츄 (pichu) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai: 人 (tchu, chu)
- Kunigami: 人 (chū)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 人 (tchu, chu)
- Okinawan: 人 (tchu)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 人 (chū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 人 (chū)
- Toku-No-Shima: 人 (chu, chū)
- Yoron: 人 (pichu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 人 (psïtu)
- Yaeyama: 人 (pïtu)
- Yonaguni: 人 (ttū)

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