< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yu
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *yu (“hot water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju/
Noun
*yu
- hot water
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Kunigami: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Okinawan: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Toku-No-Shima: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Yoron: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Yaeyama: 湯 (ゆー, yū)
- Yonaguni: 湯 (どぅ, du, どぅー, dū)