Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ya

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology 1

**Proto-Japonic numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: *ya

Likely related to *yə (“four”).

Numeral

*ya

eight

Descendants

Old Japanese: 八 (ya)
- Japanese: 八 (ya)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ya
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 八 (yā)
  - Kunigami: 八 (yā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
  - Okinawan: 八 (yā)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 八 (yā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 八 (yā)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 八 (yā)
  - Yoron: 八 (yā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 八 (yā)
  - Yaeyama: 八 (yā)
  - Yonaguni: 八 (dā)

Noun

*ya

house

Descendants

Old Japanese: 家, 屋 (ya)
- Japanese: 家, 屋 (ya)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ya
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Kunigami: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Okinawan: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Yoron: 家, 屋 (yā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Yaeyama: 家, 屋 (yā)
  - Yonaguni: 家, 屋 (dā)

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