Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sita

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

Noun

*sita

1. down

   Antonym: *upay (“above, over”)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 下 (sita)
  • Japanese: 下 (shita)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *sita
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai:

      Aden: 下 (ssa) (tone class AB)

      Araki: 下 (sa') (tone class AB)

      Nakasato: 下 (sa') (tone class AB)

      Onotsu: 下 (ssa) (tone class A)

      Sakamine: 下 (ssa) (tone class AB)

      Shiomichi: 下 (ssha) (tone class AB)

      Shitōke: 下 (sā) (tone class A)

      Wan: 下 (ssa) (tone class AB)

    • Kunigami:

      Hentona: 下 (hicha)

      Nakijin: 下 (shichā) (tone class A)

      Oku: 下 (hisa)

      Sumuide: 下 (shicha, hicha)

    • Northern Amami Ōshima:

      Naze: 下 (sa)

      Yamatohama: 下 (shā)

      Yuwan: 下 (sha)

    • Okinawan:

      Naha: 下 (shicha)

      Shuri: 下 (shicha) (tone class A)

    • Okinoerabu:

      Serikaku: 下 (shā)

      Tetechina: 下 (shā)

    • Southern Amami Ōshima:

      Koniya: 下 (shā)

      Shodon: 下 (shā) (tone class A)

    • Tokunoshima:

      Inō: 下 (sāra) (< *sita-wara (“downward direction”))

      Kametsu: 下 (shā)

    • Yoron: 下 (shicha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako:

      Hirara: 下 (sïta)

      Ikema: 下 (sïta) (tone class A)

      Irabu: 下 (sïta)

      Minna: 下 (sïta) (tone class A)

      Nagahama: 下 (sïta)

      Ōgami: 下 (sta)

      Sarahama: 下 (sïta)

      Shiokawa: 下 (sïta)

      Tarama: 下 (sïta) (tone class A)

      Uechi: 下 (sïta)

    • Yaeyama:

      Hateruma: 下 (sïta)

      Hatoma: 下 (shita)

      Ishigaki: 下 (sïta)

      Sonai: 下 (shita)

      Taketomi: 下 (shita)

    • Yonaguni: 下 (ttāra) (< *sita-wara (“downward direction”)) (tone class C)

Noun

*sita

1. tongue

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 舌 (sita)
  • Japanese: 舌 (shita)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *sita
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 舌 (shichā)
    • Okinawan: 舌 (shicha)
    • Okinoerabu: 舌 (shā)
    • Yoron: 舌 (shicha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 舌 (sïta, sïda)
    • Yaeyama: 舌 (sïta)
    • Yonaguni: 舌 (tta)