< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wata
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *wata (“entrails, gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wata/
Noun
*wata
- belly
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 腹 (わた, wata)
- Kunigami: 腹 (わた゚ー, watā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 腹 (わた゚, waθa)
- Okinawan: 腹 (わた, wata)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 腹 (わたー, watā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 腹 (わた゚, waθa)
- Toku-No-Shima: 腹 (わた, wata)
- Yoron: 腹 (わた, wata)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 腹 (ばた, bata)
- Yaeyama: 腹 (ばだ, bada)
- Yonaguni: 腹 (ばだ, bada)