Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pito

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms 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 1

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *pito     Ordinal: *patu

From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“one”).

Alternative forms

• *pite

Numeral

*pito

2. one

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 一 (tī)
  • Kunigami: 一 (t'ī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 一 (t'ï, t'ïï)
  • Okinawan: 一 (tī)
  • Okinoerabu: 一 (tī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 一 (t'ï)
  • Tokunoshima: 一 (t'ïï, tī)
  • Yoron: 一 (tī)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 一 (psïtu, psïti)
  • Yaeyama: 一 (pïti)
  • Yonaguni: 一 (ttu)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *pitə (“person; human”).

Noun

*pito

2. person
3. human

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 피죠 (/⁠pʰi.tsʲo⁠/), 피츄 (/⁠pʰi.tsʰʲu⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 人 (tchu, chu)
  • Kunigami: 人 (ch'ū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 人 (tchu, ch'u)
  • Okinawan: 人 (tchu)
  • Okinoerabu: 人 (ch'ū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 人 (ch'ū)
  • Tokunoshima: 人 (ch'u, ch'ū)
  • Yoron: 人 (pichu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 人 (psïtu)
  • Yaeyama: 人 (pïtu)
  • Yonaguni: 人 (ttū)