Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kata

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kata-

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 *kata (“hard, difficult”).

Adjective

*kata

1. hard
2. difficult

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 堅さい, 硬さい, 固さい, 難さい (hatasai)
  • Kunigami: 堅ーしぇん, 硬ーしぇん, 固ーしぇん, 難ーしぇん (hatāshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 堅さり, 硬さり, 固さり, 難さり (xaθasari)
  • Okinawan: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (katasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (hatasan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 堅さむっ, 硬さむっ, 固さむっ, 難さむっ (katasam)
  • Tokunoshima: 堅ーはい, 硬ーはい, 固ーはい, 難ーはい (katāhai)
  • Yoron: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (hatasan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 堅, 硬, 固, 難 (kata)
  • Yaeyama: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (katasan)
  • Yonaguni: 堅ん, 硬ん, 固ん, 難ん (katan)