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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sita

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *sita (“down”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sita/

Noun

*sita

  1. down

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 下 (sā)
    • Kunigami: 下 (shichā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 下 (shā)
    • Okinawan: 下 (shicha)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 下 (shā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 下 (shā)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 下 (shā)
    • Yoron: 下 (shicha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 下 (sïta)
    • Yaeyama: 下 (sïta)
    • Yonaguni: 下 (ttāra) (< *sita-wara (“downward direction”))

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *sita (“tongue”).

Noun

*sita

  1. tongue

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 舌 (shichā)
    • Okinawan: 舌 (shicha)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 舌 (shā)
    • Yoron: 舌 (shicha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 舌 (sïta, sïda)
    • Yaeyama: 舌 (sïta)
    • Yonaguni: 舌 (tta)
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