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

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”)