Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/peto

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

Pronunciation

Tone class: C

Noun

*peto

dolphin

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: ぴとぅ (pitu)
- Kunigami: ぴっトぅ (phittu /⁠pʰíttù⁠/)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: ふィトぅ (fïθu)
- Okinawan: ふぃーとぅ (fītu /⁠ɸíːtú⁠/)
- Okinoerabu: ひとぅ (hitu /⁠çìtû⁠/)
- Tokunoshima: ふぃとぅ (fitu /⁠ɸɪ́tù⁠/)
- Yoron: ぴとぅ (pitu /⁠pítú⁠/)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: ひーとぅ (hītu) (Ikema-Nishihara dialect)
- Yaeyama: ぴとぅ (pitu /⁠pì̥tú⁠/)
- Yonaguni: ひっとぅ (hittu /⁠hìQtû⁠/)