Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tikara

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

Etymology

From *ti (“spirit”) + *kara (“source, origin”), literally "having a spiritual source".

Noun

*tikara

1. power, strength

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 力 (tikara)
  • Japanese: 力 (chikara)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tikara
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 力 (chikara)
    • Kunigami: 力 (chikāra, shikāra)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 力 (chikyara)
    • Okinawan: 力 (chikara)
    • Okinoerabu: 力 (chikara, chikyara, chikkyara)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 力 (chikyara, cikyara)
    • Tokunoshima: 力 (tsïkyara)
    • ⇒ Yoron: てゃー力 (tyāchikara) (< *taya-tikara)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 力 (tsïkara)
    • Yaeyama: 力 (tsïkara)
    • Yonaguni: 力 (shikara)