Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/e-ku

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

Determiner

*e-ku

how many

Descendants

Old Japanese: 幾 (iku, ikura)
- Japanese: 幾 (iku, ikura)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *e-ku
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 幾 (ixu-)
  - Kunigami: 幾 (iku-)
  - Okinawan: 幾 (iku-)
  - Yoron: 幾 (iku-)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 幾 (ifu-)
  - Yaeyama: 幾 (ifu-)
- ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *e-ku-tu
  - Northern Ryukyuan:
    - Kikai: 幾とぅ (ixutu), 幾つ (ixutsu)
    - Kunigami: 幾っちー (hikutchī)
    - Okinawan: 幾つぃ (ikutsi), 幾ち (ikuchi)
    - Okinoerabu: 幾ち (ikuchi)
    - Southern Amami Ōshima: 幾ち (ixuchi), 幾ーち (ixūchi), 幾とっ (ixut)
    - Tokunoshima: 幾ち (ikuchi)
  - Southern Ryukyuan:
    - Miyako: 幾つ (ifutsï)
    - Yaeyama: 幾つぃ (ifutsï)
    - Yonaguni: 幾ち (iguchi)
- ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *e-ku-tari
  - Northern Ryukyuan:
    - Kikai: 幾人 (ixutai)
    - Kunigami: 幾人 (hikutai)
    - Okinawan: 幾人 (ikutai)
    - Okinoerabu: 幾人 (ikutai)
    - Tokunoshima: 幾人 (ikutai)
    - Yoron: 幾人 (ikutai)
  - Southern Ryukyuan:
    - Miyako: 幾人 (ifutaz)
    - Yaeyama: 幾人 (ifutārï)