Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/taka-

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *taka- (“high, tall”).

Adjective

*taka-

1. high, tall

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 高さい (tāsai)
  • Kunigami: 高しぇん (takāshen, tāshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 高さり (tahasari)
  • Okinawan: 高さん (takasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 高さん (tāsan, taxasan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 高さむっ (tahāsam)
  • Tokunoshima: 高い (tāi)
  • Yoron: 高さん (tāsan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 高 (taka)
  • Yaeyama: 高さん (takasan)
  • Yonaguni: 高ん (tagan)