Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kotoba

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 *kətənpa (“language, speech, term, word”).

Noun

*kotoba

1. language, speech, term, word

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 言葉 (futūba)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 言葉 (xutuba)
  • Okinawan: 言葉 (kutuba)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 言葉 (kutuba)
  • Yoron: 言葉 (futuba)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 言葉 (kutuba)
  • Yaeyama: 言葉 (kutuba)
  • Yonaguni: 言葉 (kutuba)