Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yaeyama

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 *yapyayama (“Yaeyama”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Proper noun

*yaeyama

1. Yaeyama

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Okinawan: 八重山 (yēma)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Hirara: 八重山 (yāma)

    Ikema: 八重山 (yāma)

    Irabu: 八重山 (yāma)

    Ōgami: 八重山 (yāma)

    Tarama: 八重山 (yāma) (tone class A)

  • Yaeyama:

    Ishigaki: 八重山 (yaima) (tone class A)

  • Yonaguni: 八重山 (dāma) (tone class A)