< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sita
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *sita (“down”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sita/
Noun
*sita
- down
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 下 (sā)
- Kunigami: 下 (shichā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 下 (shā)
- Okinawan: 下 (shicha)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 下 (shā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 下 (shā)
- Toku-No-Shima: 下 (shā)
- Yoron: 下 (shicha)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 下 (sïta)
- Yaeyama: 下 (sïta)
- Yonaguni: 下 (ttāra) (< *sita-wara (“downward direction”))
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *sita (“tongue”).
Noun
*sita
- tongue
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 舌 (shichā)
- Okinawan: 舌 (shicha)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 舌 (shā)
- Yoron: 舌 (shicha)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 舌 (sïta, sïda)
- Yaeyama: 舌 (sïta)
- Yonaguni: 舌 (tta)