Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/to

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 *tə (“and”).

Particle

*to

2. and

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: と゚ぅ (θu)
  • Kunigami: とぅ (thu)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: と゚ぅ (θu)
  • Okinawan: とぅ (tu)
  • Okinoerabu: とぅ (tu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: とぅ (tu)
  • Tokunoshima: とぅ (tu)
  • Yoron: とぅ (tu)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *to (Bentley, 2008b)
  • Miyako: とぅ (tu)
  • Yaeyama: とぅ (tu)
  • Yonaguni: とぅ (tu)