Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoda

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

Alternative forms

*yeda (apophonic)

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *yonta (“branch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jonta/

Noun

*yoda

branch

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 枝 (ゆだ, yuda)
- Kunigami: 枝 (ゆだー, yudā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 枝 (よだ, yoda)
- Okinawan: 枝 (ゆだ, yuda, いぃだ, yida)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 枝 (いぇだー, yedā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 枝 (いぇだ, yeda)
- Toku-No-Shima: 枝 (ゆだ, yuda, いぃだ, yida)
- Yoron: 枝 (ゆだ, yuda)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 枝 (ゆだ, yuda)
- Yaeyama: 枝 (ゆだ, yuda)
- Yonaguni: 枝 (どぅだ, duda)