Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pati

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 *pati (“bee; wasp”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*pati

1. bee, wasp

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 蜂 (pachi)
  • Kunigami: 蜂 (phachī /⁠pʰàtɕíː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蜂 (hachi)
  • Okinawan: 蜂 (hachā /⁠hátɕâː⁠/) (< *patiCa)
  • Okinoerabu: 蜂 (hachi /⁠hàtɕí⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蜂 (hach /⁠hátɕ̩⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 蜂 (hachi /⁠hàtɕɪ́⁠/)
  • Yoron: 蜂 (pachi /⁠pàtɕì⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 蜂 (patsï)
  • Yaeyama: 蜂 (padzï /⁠pádzɨ̀⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 蜂 (hachi, hata /⁠hàtɕî, hàtâ⁠/) (< *pati, *patiCa)