Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/patu

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

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *pito     Ordinal: *patu

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *patu (“first”).

Numeral

*patu

1. first

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 初 (patsu)
  • Kunigami: 初 (phachī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatsï)
  • Okinawan: 初 (hatsi, hachi)
  • Okinoerabu: 初 (hachi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatï)
  • Tokunoshima: 初 (hatsï)
  • Yoron: 初 (pachi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 初 (patsï)
  • Yaeyama: 初 (patsï)
  • Yonaguni: 初 (hachi)