< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koto
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *kətə (“act, deed, work; matter, thing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koto/
Noun
*koto
- act, deed, work
- matter, thing
Descendants
- 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)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *kətə (“speech, word”).
Noun
*koto
- speech, word
Descendants
- 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)