Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wata

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 *wata (“entrails, gut, intestine”), with a change in meaning.

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*wata

1. belly, stomach
2. intestine

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai:

    Aden: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

    Araki: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

    Kamikatetsu: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

    Nakasato: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

    Onotsu: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)

    Sakamine: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

    Shiomichi: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

    Shitōke: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)

    Wan: 腹 (wata) (tone class AB)

  • Kunigami:

    Nakijin: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

  • Northern Amami Ōshima:

    Yamatohama: 腹 (waθa)

    Yuwan: 腹 (wata)

  • Okinawan:

    Naha: 腹 (wata)

    Shuri: 腹 (wata) (tone class B)

  • Okinoerabu:

    Ashikiyora: 腹 (watā)

    Kunigami: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

    Kamihirakawa: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

    Tamina: 腹 (wattā)

    Wadomari: 腹 (watā)

  • Southern Amami Ōshima:

    Koniya: 腹 (wata)

    Shodon: 腹 (wata) (tone class BC)

  • Tokunoshima:

    Asama: 腹 (watā) (tone class B)

    Inō: 腹 (wata)

  • Yoron: 腹 (wata) (tone class B)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Bora: 腹 (bata)

    Hirara: 腹 (bata)

    Ikema: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)

    Irabu: 腹 (bata)

    Karimata: 腹 (bada)

    Kugai: 腹 (bata)

    Kurima: 腹 (bata)

    Ōgami: 腹 (pata)

    Minna: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)

    Nagahama: 腹 (bata)

    Sarahama: 腹 (bata)

    Shiokawa: 腹 (bata)

    Sunagawa: 腹 (bata)

    Tarama: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)

  • Yaeyama:

    Hateruma: 腹 (bata) (tone class BC)

    Ishigaki: 腹 (bada) (tone class BC)

    Kohama: 腹 (bada) (tone class BC)

    Kuroshima: 腹 (bata)

    Taketomi: 腹 (bata) (tone class BC)

  • Yonaguni: 腹 (bata) (tone class B)