Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/to

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 *tə (and).

Particle

*to

  1. and

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: と゚ぅ (θu)
    • Kunigami: とぅ (thu)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: と゚ぅ (θu)
    • Okinawan: とぅ (tu)
    • Okinoerabu: とぅ (tu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: とぅ (tu)
    • Tokunoshima: とぅ (tu)
    • Yoron: とぅ (tu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *to (Bentley, 2008b)