Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ota

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Japonic *ota (“song”).

Noun[edit]

*ota

  1. song

Descendants[edit]

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 歌 (uta)
    • Kunigami: 歌 (futā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 歌 (uθa, oθa)
    • Okinawan: 歌 (uta)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 歌 (uta, utā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 歌 (uθa)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 歌 (uta)
    • Yoron: 歌 (uta)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: 歌 (uta)
    • Yonaguni: 歌 (uta)
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