Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ita

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *ita (“board, plank”).

Noun

*ita

1. board, plank

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 板 (ita)
  • Kunigami: 板 (hichā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 板 (iθa, icha)
  • Okinawan: 板 (ita, icha)
  • Okinoerabu: 板 (ïtcha)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 板 (iθa)
  • Tokunoshima: 板 (ica)
  • Yoron: 板 (icha)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 板 (itsa) (possibly from Okinawan)
  • Yaeyama: 板 (ita)
  • Yonaguni: 板 (ita)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *ita (“painful”).

Adjective

*ita

1. painful (both physically and mentally)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 痛ーせん, 甚ーせん (hichāsen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 痛さり, 甚さり (ichasari)
  • Okinawan: 痛さん, 甚さん (ichasan)
  • Okinoerabu: みー痛ーさん, みー痛ーさん (mīchasan)