Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/
tukui
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
Alternative forms
*tuko-
(
Thorpe, 1983 p. 355
)
Noun
*tukui
moon
month
Descendants
Eastern Old Japanese:
都久
(
tuku
)
Old Japanese:
月
(
tuki
2
, tuku-
)
Japanese:
月
(
tsuki, tsuku-
)
Proto-Ryukyuan:
*tuki
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
月
(
tuchi, tsuki
)
Kunigami:
月
(
shichī, hichī
)
Northern Amami Ōshima:
月
(
tsïki, chiki
)
Okinawan:
月
(
tsichi, chichi
)
Okinoerabu:
月
(
chiki
)
Southern Amami Ōshima:
月
(
θki
)
Tokunoshima:
月
(
tsïki
)
Yoron:
月
(
chiki
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
月
(
tsïksï, tsïkï
)
Yaeyama:
月
(
tsïkï
)
Yonaguni:
月
(
ttī
)
Further reading
Vovin (2011) p. 221