Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sita

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *sita (“down”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*sita

1. down

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai:

    Aden: 下 (ssa) (tone class AB)

    Araki: 下 (sa') (tone class AB)

    Nakasato: 下 (sa') (tone class AB)

    Onotsu: 下 (ssa) (tone class A)

    Sakamine: 下 (ssa) (tone class AB)

    Shiomichi: 下 (ssha) (tone class AB)

    Shitōke: 下 (sā) (tone class A)

    Wan: 下 (ssa) (tone class AB)

  • Kunigami:

    Hentona: 下 (hicha)

    Nakijin: 下 (shichā) (tone class A)

    Oku: 下 (hisa)

    Sumuide: 下 (shicha, hicha)

  • Northern Amami-Oshima:

    Naze: 下 (sa)

    Yamatohama: 下 (shā)

    Yuwan: 下 (sha)

  • Okinawan:

    Naha: 下 (shicha)

    Shuri: 下 (shicha) (tone class A)

  • Oki-No-Erabu:

    Serikaku: 下 (shā)

    Tetechina: 下 (shā)

  • Southern Amami-Oshima:

    Koniya: 下 (shā)

    Shodon: 下 (shā) (tone class A)

  • Toku-No-Shima:

    Inō: 下 (sāra) (< *sita-wara (“downward direction”))

    Kametsu: 下 (shā)

  • Yoron: 下 (shicha)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Hirara: 下 (sïta)

    Ikema: 下 (sïta) (tone class A)

    Irabu: 下 (sïta)

    Minna: 下 (sïta) (tone class A)

    Nagahama: 下 (sïta)

    Ōgami: 下 (sta)

    Sarahama: 下 (sïta)

    Shiokawa: 下 (sïta)

    Tarama: 下 (sïta) (tone class A)

    Uechi: 下 (sïta)

  • Yaeyama:

    Hateruma: 下 (sïta)

    Hatoma: 下 (shita)

    Ishigaki: 下 (sïta)

    Sonai: 下 (shita)

    Taketomi: 下 (shita)

  • Yonaguni: 下 (ttāra) (< *sita-wara (“downward direction”)) (tone class C)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *sita (“tongue”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*sita

1. tongue

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami:

    Nakijin: 舌 (shichā) (tone class B)

  • Okinawan:

    Shuri: 舌 (shicha) (tone class B)

  • Oki-No-Erabu:

    Ashikiyora: 舌 (shā)

    Kamihirakawa: 舌 (shā)

  • Southern Amami-Oshima:

    Shodon: 舌 (shā) (tone class BC)

  • Yoron: 舌 (shicha) (tone class B)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Aragusuku: 舌 (sïda)

    Bora: 舌 (sïda)

    Fukuzato: 舌 (sïda)

    Higa: 舌 (sïda)

    Hirara: 舌 (sïda)

    Ikema: 舌 (sïta, tta) (tone class B)

    Irabu: 舌 (sïta)

    Karimata: 舌 (sïta)

    Kuninaka: 舌 (sïta)

    Kurima: 舌 (sïda)

    Minna: 舌 (sïta) (tone class B)

    Nagahama: 舌 (sïta)

    Nagama: 舌 (sïda)

    Nakachi: 舌 (sïta)

    Nishihara: 舌 (tta)

    Nishizato: 舌 (sïda)

    Ōgami: 舌 (sïta)

    Ōura: 舌 (ïda)

    Shimozato: 舌 (sïda)

    Tarama: 舌 (sïta) (tone class B)

    Tomori: 舌 (sïda)

    Uechi: 舌 (sïda)

    Uruka: 舌 (sïda)

    Yonaha: 舌 (sïda)

  • Yaeyama:

    Ishigaki: 舌 (sïta)

  • Yonaguni: 舌 (tta) (tone class B)