Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yə

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

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Cardinal: *yə

Etymology

Likely related to *ya (“eight”).

Numeral

*yə

1. four

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 四 (yo₂)
  • Japanese: 四 (yo)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *yo
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 四 (yū)
    • Kunigami: 四 (yū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 四 (yū)
    • Okinawan: 四 (yū)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 四 (yū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 四 (yū)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 四 (yū)
    • Yoron: 四 (yū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 四 (yū)
    • Yaeyama: 四 (yū)
    • Yonaguni: 四 (dū)