Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kətə

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kətə/

Noun

*kətə

act, deed, work
matter, thing

Descendants

Old Japanese: 事 (ko₂to₂)
- Japanese: 事 (koto)
Ryukyuan: *koto
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 事 (く゚とぅ, xutu)
  - Kunigami: 事 (くとﾟぅー, khutū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 事 (く゚とﾟぅ, xuθu)
  - Okinawan: 事 (くとぅ, kutu)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 事 (くとぅ, kutu)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 事 (く゚とﾟぅ, xutu)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 事 (くとぅ, kutu)
  - Yoron: 事 (ふとぅ, futu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 事 (くとぅ, kutu)
  - Yaeyama: 事 (くとぅ, kutu)
  - Yonaguni: 事 (くとぅ, kutu)

Noun

*kətə

speech, word

Descendants

Old Japanese: 言 (ko₂to₂)
- Japanese: 言 (koto)
Ryukyuan: *koto
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 言 (ふとﾟぅー, futū), 言 (くとﾟぅー, khutū)
  - Okinawan: 言 (くとぅ, kutu)
  - Yoron: 言 (ふとぅ, futu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 言 (くとぅ, kutu)
  - Yaeyama: 言 (くとぅ, kutu)

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