Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oya

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 *əya (“one's elders; parent”).

Noun

*oya

1. one's elders
2. parent

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 親 (uya)
  • Kunigami: 親 (uyā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 親 (uya)
  • Okinawan: 親 (uya)
  • Okinoerabu: 親 (uyā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 親 (uya)
  • Tokunoshima: 親 (uya)
  • Yoron: 親 (uya)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 親 (uya)
  • Yaeyama: 親 (uya)
  • Yonaguni: 親 (uya)

References

• Thorpe (1983) p. 315
• Curry (2004) p. 269
• “うや”, in 日本の危機言語‎^[1] (in Japanese), National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, 2022