Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pato

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 *pato (“dove, pigeon”).

Noun

*pato

1. dove, pigeon

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 鳩 (patu)
  • Kunigami: 鳩 (phōtū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 鳩 (haθo)
  • Okinawan: 鳩 (hōtu)
  • Okinoerabu: 鳩 (patu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 鳩 (hato)
  • Tokunoshima: 鳩 (patu)
  • Yoron: 鳩 (patu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 鳩 (patu)
  • Yaeyama: 鳩 (patu)
  • Yonaguni: 鳩 (hatu)