Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kat-

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

Verb

*kat-

1. to win

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 勝つ (katu)
  • Japanese: 勝つ (katsu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kati
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 勝ちゅい (xachui)
    • Kunigami: 勝ちゅん (khachun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 勝と゚ぅり (xaθuri)
    • Okinawan: 勝ちゅん (kachun)
    • Okinoerabu: 勝ちゅん (hachun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 勝ちゅむっ (kachum)
    • Tokunoshima: 勝ちゅい (kachui)
    • Yoron: 勝ちゅん (hachun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 勝つ (katsï)
    • Yaeyama: 勝つん (katsun)
    • Yonaguni: 勝とぅん (katun)