Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/puta

< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan

Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/puta

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

From Proto-Japonic *puta (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puta/

Numeral

Proto-Ryukyuan cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : *puta

*puta

1. two

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 二 (tā)
  • Kunigami: 二 (tā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 二 (tā)
  • Okinawan: 二 (tā)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 二 (tā)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 二 (ta)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 二 (tā)
  • Yoron: 二 (tā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 二 (futa)
  • Yaeyama: 二 (futā)
  • Yonaguni: 二 (ttā)