Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/patu

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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/patu

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 *patu (“first”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patu/

Numeral

Proto-Ryukyuan ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : *pito     Ordinal : *patu

*patu

1. first

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 初 (ぱつ, patsu)
  • Kunigami: 初 (ぱちー, phachī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 初 (はつぃ, hatsï)
  • Okinawan: 初 (はち, hachi)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 初 (はち, hachi)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 初 (はとぃ, hatï)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 初 (はつぃ, hatsï)
  • Yoron: 初 (ぱち, pachi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 初 (ぱつぃ, patsï)
  • Yaeyama: 初 (ぱつぃ, patsï)
  • Yonaguni: 初 (はち, hachi)