Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tanai

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

Note similarities to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (“to plant”).[1]

Noun

*tanai

  1. seed

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 種 (tane)
    • Japanese: 種 (tane)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *tane
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
      • Kunigami: 種 (thanī, “penis”)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 種 (θane, θanï, “seed”)
      • Okinawan: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
      • Okinoerabu: 種 (θani, θanī, “seed”)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
      • Tokunoshima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
      • Yoron: 種 (tani, “seed”)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
      • Yaeyama: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
      • Yonaguni: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344
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