Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wata

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

*wata

entrails, gut, intestine

Descendants

Old Japanese: 腸 (wata)
- Japanese: 腸 (wata)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *wata (“belly”)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai:
    Aden: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)
    Araki: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)
    Kamikatetsu: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)
    Nakasato: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)
    Onotsu: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)
    Sakamine: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)
    Shiomichi: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)
    Shitōke: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)
    Wan: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)
  - Kunigami:
    Nakijin: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima:
    Yamatohama: 腹 (waθa)
    Yuwan: 腹 (wata)
  - Okinawan:
    Naha: 腹 (wata)
    Shuri: 腹 (wata) (tone class B)
  - Okinoerabu:
    Ashikiyora: 腹 (watā)
    Kunigami: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)
    Kamihirakawa: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)
    Tamina: 腹 (wattā)
    Wadomari: 腹 (watā)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima:
    Koniya: 腹 (wata)
    Shodon: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)
  - Tokunoshima:
    Asama: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)
    Inō: 腹 (wata)
  - Yoron: 腹 (wata) (tone class B)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako:
    Bora: 腹 (bata)
    Hirara: 腹 (bata)
    Ikema: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)
    Irabu: 腹 (bata)
    Karimata: 腹 (bada)
    Kugai: 腹 (bata)
    Kurima: 腹 (bata)
    Ōgami: 腹 (pata)
    Minna: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)
    Nagahama: 腹 (bata)
    Sarahama: 腹 (bata)
    Shiokawa: 腹 (bata)
    Sunagawa: 腹 (bata)
    Tarama: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)
  - Yaeyama:
    Hateruma: 腹 (bata) (tone class BC)
    Ishigaki: 腹 (bada) (tone class BC)
    Kohama: 腹 (bada) (tone class BC)
    Kuroshima: 腹 (bata)
    Taketomi: 腹 (bata) (tone class BC)
  - Yonaguni: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)