Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/o

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

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Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ə (“you (singular)”).

Pronoun

*o

you (singular)

Declension

Nominative *o, accusative *ono, genitive *o/*e.

Derived terms

*ukeya (from the nominative + pluralizing suffix *-keya)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Okinoerabu: 己きゃ (ukya), 己ちゃ (ucha)
  - Tokunoshima: 己きゃ (ukya)
*unura (from the accusative + pluralizing suffix *-ra)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Yaeyama:
    Aragusuku: 己 (nda)
  - Yonaguni: 己 (nda)
*ereta (from the genitive extended with *-re + pluralizing suffix *-ta)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 己ったー (ittā)
  - Okinawan: 己ったー (ittā)
*ete (from the genitive extended with *-te)(Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako:
    Irabu: 己てぃ (iti)