Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/aida

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *apinta (“interval”).

Noun

*aida

1. interval

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 間 (aida, ēda)
  • Kunigami: 間 (ējha)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 間 ('yēda)
  • Okinawan: 間 (ēja)
  • Okinoerabu: 間 (ēda)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 間 ('yēda)
  • Tokunoshima: 間 (aidā)
  • Yoron: 間 ('yēda)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 間 (aida)