Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tonari

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

Possibly a compound with the first word being *to (“outside, other”).

Noun

*tonari

1. neighbor, neighborhood, next door

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 隣 (to₁nari)
  • Japanese: 隣 (tonari)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tonari
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 隣 (θunai)
    • Kunigami: 隣 (thunai)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 隣 (θonari)
    • Okinawan: 隣 (tunai)
    • Okinoerabu: 隣 (tunai)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 隣 (θunāri, θunar)
    • Tokunoshima: 隣 (tunai)
    • Yoron: 隣 (tunai)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 隣 (tunaz)
    • Yaeyama: 隣 (tunarï)
    • Yonaguni: 隣 (tunai)