Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ita

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 *ita (“board, plank”).

    Noun

    *ita

    1. board, plank
    Descendants
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 板 (ita)
      • Kunigami: 板 (hichā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 板 (iθa, icha)
      • Okinawan: 板 (ita, icha)
      • Okinoerabu: 板 (ïtcha)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 板 (iθa)
      • Tokunoshima: 板 (ica)
      • Yoron: 板 (icha)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 板 (itsa) (possibly from Okinawan)
      • Yaeyama: 板 (ita)
      • Yonaguni: 板 (ita)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Japonic *ita (“painful”).

      Adjective

      *ita

      1. painful (both physically and mentally)
      Descendants
      • Northern Ryukyuan:
        • Kunigami: 痛ーせん, 甚ーせん (hichāsen)
        • Northern Amami Ōshima: 痛さり, 甚さり (ichasari)
        • Okinawan: 痛さん, 甚さん (ichasan)
        • Okinoerabu: みー痛ーさん, みー痛ーさん (mīchasan)
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