Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/e-ku

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Determiner

*e-ku

1. how many

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 幾 (iku, ikura)
  • Japanese: 幾 (iku, ikura)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *e-ku
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 幾 (ixu-)
    • Kunigami: 幾 (iku-)
    • Okinawan: 幾 (iku-)
    • Yoron: 幾 (iku-)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 幾 (ifu-)
    • Yaeyama: 幾 (ifu-)
  • ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *e-ku-tu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 幾とぅ (ixutu), 幾つ (ixutsu)
      • Kunigami: 幾っちー (hikutchī)
      • Okinawan: 幾つぃ (ikutsi), 幾ち (ikuchi)
      • Okinoerabu: 幾ち (ikuchi)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 幾ち (ixuchi), 幾ーち (ixūchi), 幾とっ (ixut)
      • Tokunoshima: 幾ち (ikuchi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 幾つ (ifutsï)
      • Yaeyama: 幾つぃ (ifutsï)
      • Yonaguni: 幾ち (iguchi)
  • ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *e-ku-tari
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 幾人 (ixutai)
      • Kunigami: 幾人 (hikutai)
      • Okinawan: 幾人 (ikutai)
      • Okinoerabu: 幾人 (ikutai)
      • Tokunoshima: 幾人 (ikutai)
      • Yoron: 幾人 (ikutai)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 幾人 (ifutaz)
      • Yaeyama: 幾人 (ifutārï)