Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yə

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

**Proto-Japonic numbers ^(edit)**
← 3	4	5 →
Cardinal: *yə

Etymology

Likely related to *ya (“eight”).

Numeral

*yə

four

Descendants

Old Japanese: 四 (yo₂)
- Japanese: 四 (yo)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yo
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 四 (yū)
  - Kunigami: 四 (yū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 四 (yū)
  - Okinawan: 四 (yū)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 四 (yū)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 四 (yū)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 四 (yū)
  - Yoron: 四 (yū)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 四 (yū)
  - Yaeyama: 四 (yū)
  - Yonaguni: 四 (dū)

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