Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pito

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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pito

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 *pitə (“person; human”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pito/

Noun

*pito

1. person
2. human

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 피죠 (picho), 피츄 (pichu) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 人 (っちゅ, tchu)
  • Kunigami: 人 (ちゅー, chū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 人 (ちゅー, chū)
  • Okinawan: 人 (っちゅ, tchu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 人 (ちゅー, chū)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 人 (ちゅー, chū)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 人 (ちゅー, chū)
  • Yoron: 人 (ぴちゅ, pichu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 人 (ぴぃとぅ, psïtu)
  • Yaeyama: 人 (ぴぃとぅ, pïtu)
  • Yonaguni: 人 (っとぅ, ttu)