Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuki

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *tukui (“moon, month”).

Noun

*tuki

  1. moon
  2. month

Derived terms

Descendants

  • 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)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 306
  • Hirayama (1986, 465)
  • Iwakura (1941, 167-168)
  • Jarosz (2015, 621)
  • Kiku and Takahashi (2005, 304)
  • Nakasone (1983, 181)
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