Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kati

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 *katu (“to win”).

Verb

*kati

1. to win

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 勝ちゅい (xachui)
  • Kunigami: 勝ちゅん (khachun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 勝と゚ぅり (xaθuri)
  • Okinawan: 勝ちゅん (kachun)
  • Okinoerabu: 勝ちゅん (hachun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 勝ちゅむっ (kachum)
  • Tokunoshima: 勝ちゅい (kachui)
  • Yoron: 勝ちゅん (hachun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 勝つ (katsï)
  • Yaeyama: 勝つん (katsun)
  • Yonaguni: 勝とぅん (katun)