Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/takara

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

Martin reconstructs this as a compound of *taka (“high”) +‎ *-ra (pluralizing suffix).[1] However, this is semantically problematic, as such would ordinarily refer to “the heights” as a location, and there is no clear means of deriving the sense of “treasure” from the proposed component parts.

Noun

*takara

  1. treasure

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 寶 (takara)
    • Japanese: 宝 (takara)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *takara
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 宝 (takara)
      • Kunigami: 宝 (tak'āra)
      • →? Northern Amami Ōshima: 宝 (takara)
      • Okinawan: 宝 (takara)
      • Okinoerabu: 宝 (takara)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 宝 (takāra)
      • Tokunoshima: 宝 (takarā)
      • Yoron: 宝 (takara)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 宝 (takara)
      • Yaeyama: 宝 (takara)
      • Yonaguni: 宝 (tagara)

References

  1. ^ Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
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