Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tika

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

*tika

1. close, near, short

   Antonym: *təpə (“far”)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 近 (tika)
  • Japanese: 近い (chikai)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tika
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 近さい (chikasai)
    • Kunigami: 近ーしぇん (shichāshen, hichāshen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 近さり (chikyasari)
    • Okinawan: 近さん (chichasan, chikasan)
    • Okinoerabu: 近さん (chikyasan, chikasan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 近さむっ (chikyasam)
    • Tokunoshima: 近ーい (tsïkyāi)
    • Yoron: 近ーさん (kyāsan, chichasan, chikasan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 近 (tsïka)
    • Yaeyama: 近さん (tsïkasan)
    • Yonaguni: 近ーん (ttān)