Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yado

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 *yanto (“inn, lodging; home, house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /janto/

Noun

*yado

inn, lodging
home, house

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu)
- Kunigami: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 宿 (やど, yado)
- Okinawan: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu)
- Toku-No-Shima: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu)
- Yoron: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu, “door”)
- Yaeyama: 宿 (やどぅ, yadu, “door”)
- Yonaguni: 宿 (だどぅ, dadu, “door”)