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”).

Noun

*wata

belly

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 腹 (wata)
- Kunigami: 腹 (watā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 腹 (waθa)
- Okinawan: 腹 (wata)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 腹 (watā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 腹 (waθa)
- Toku-No-Shima: 腹 (wata)
- Yoron: 腹 (wata)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 腹 (bata)
- Yaeyama: 腹 (bada)
- Yonaguni: 腹 (bata)

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