Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/atu

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 *atu (“hot”).

Adjective

*atu

1. hot

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 熱さい, 暑さい (atusai, atsusai)
  • Kunigami: 熱せん, 暑せん (hachisen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 熱さり, 暑さり (atsïsari)
  • Okinawan: 熱さん, 暑さん (achisan)
  • Okinoerabu: 熱さん, 暑さん (achasan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 熱むっ, 暑むっ (attam)
  • Tokunoshima: 熱さい, 暑さい (atsïsai)
  • Yoron: 熱さん, 暑さん (achisan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 熱, 暑 (atsï)
  • Yaeyama: 熱さん, 暑さん (attsasan)
  • Yonaguni: 熱ん, 暑ん (attsan)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 297-298