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

belly, stomach
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)