Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tuyə

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

*tuyə

1. strong

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 強し (tuyo₂si)
  • Japanese: 強い (tsuyoi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ti(y)o
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 強さい (tsusai)
    • Kunigami: 強ーせん (chūsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 強ーさり (chūsari)
    • Okinawan: 強ーさん (chūsan)
    • Okinoerabu: 強ーさん (chūsan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 強ーさむっ (chūsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 強い (chōi)
    • Yoron: 強ーさん (chūsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 強 (tsū)
    • Yaeyama: 強ーさん (tsūsan)
    • Yonaguni: 強さん (susan) (< *tiyosi)