Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yaweyama

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”).

Proper noun

*yaweyama

Yaeyama

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Okinawan: 八重山 (yēma)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 八重山 (yāma)
- Yaeyama: 八重山 (yaima)
- Yonaguni: 八重山 (dāma)

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