Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/patu

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

Proto-Japonic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *pitə     Ordinal: *patu

Etymology

Possibly related to 端 (pata, “edge”); compare 始む (pazimu, “to begin”), in turn considered to be a derivation from 端 (pa, pasi, “edge”).

Numeral

*patu

1. first

Prefix

*patu

1. first

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 初 (patu)
  • Japanese: 初 (hatsu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *patu
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 初 (patsu)
    • Kunigami: 初 (phachī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatsï)
    • Okinawan: 初 (hatsi, hachi)
    • Okinoerabu: 初 (hachi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatï)
    • Tokunoshima: 初 (hatsï)
    • Yoron: 初 (pachi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 初 (patsï)
    • Yaeyama: 初 (patsï)
    • Yonaguni: 初 (hachi)