Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/woto

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 *wopitə (“husband”).

Noun

*woto

1. husband

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 夫 (wutu)
  • Kunigami: 夫 (wutū, wuttū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 夫 (wuθu)
  • Okinawan: 夫 (wutu)
  • Okinoerabu: 夫 (wutu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 夫 (wutu)
  • Tokunoshima: 夫 (wutu)
  • Yoron: 夫 (wutu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 夫 (butu)
  • Yaeyama: 夫 (budu)
  • Yonaguni: 夫 (butu)