Proto-Japonic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Likely related to *yə (“four”).
Numeral[edit]
*ya
- eight
Descendants[edit]
- Old Japanese: 八 (ya)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *ya
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 八 (yā)
- Kunigami: 八 (yā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
- Okinawan: 八 (yā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 八 (yā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
- Toku-No-Shima: 八 (yā)
- Yoron: 八 (yā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 八 (yā)
- Yaeyama: 八 (yā)
- Yonaguni: 八 (dā)
Etymology 2[edit]
*ya
- house
Descendants[edit]
- Old Japanese: 家, 屋 (ya)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *ya
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Kunigami: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Okinawan: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Toku-No-Shima: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yoron: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yaeyama: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Yonaguni: 家, 屋 (dā)