Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inoti

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 *inəti (“life”).

Noun

*inoti

1. life

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 命 (inuchi)
  • Kunigami: 命 (inuchī, nuchī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 命 (nyuchi, nyūchi)
  • Okinawan: 命 (inuchi, nuchi)
  • Okinoerabu: 命 (inuchi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 命 (inochi)
  • Tokunoshima: 命 (inucï)
  • Yoron: 命 (inuchi, nuchi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 命 (nnutsï)
  • Yaeyama: 命 (nutsï)
  • Yonaguni: 命 (nutti)