Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/taka

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

Adjective

*taka

1. high, tall

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 高 (taka)
  • Japanese: 高い (takai)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *taka
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 高さい (θāsai)
    • Kunigami: 高しぇん (thakāshen, thāshen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 高さり (θahasari)
    • Okinawan: 高さん (takasan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 高さん (θāsan, θaxasan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 高さむっ (θahāsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 高い (θāi)
    • Yoron: 高さん (tāsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 高 (taka)
    • Yaeyama: 高さん (takasan)
    • Yonaguni: 高ん (tagan)