Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sato

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

Pronunciation

Accent class: 2.1

Noun

*sato

hamlet

Descendants

Old Japanese: 里, 郷 (sato₁)
- Japanese: 里, 郷 (sato, Heian LL, Tokyo 0 [LH(H)], Kyoto 0 [HH(H)],^[1] Kagoshima A [HL(L)]^[2])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sato (accent class A?/B?)
- Northern Ryukyuan: さと (sato) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
  - Kunigami: 里 (satū /⁠sàtǔː⁠/)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 里 (saθo)
  - Okinawan: 里 (satu /⁠sátù⁠/)
  - Okinoerabu: 里 (satu /⁠sàtú⁠/)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 里 (sato /⁠sàtôˑ⁠/)
  - Yoron: 里 (satu /⁠sàtù⁠/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 里 (satu)
  - Yaeyama: 里 (satu /⁠sátú⁠/)
  - ⇒ Yonaguni: 隣里 (tunaisatu /⁠tʰùnáísátû⁠/) (< *tonari-sato)

References

^ “さと【里・郷】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

[KDJ2O-1] “さと【里・郷】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[ZAJ-2] Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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