Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tane

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 *tanay (“seed”).

Noun

*tane

1. seed
2. penis

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
  • Kunigami: 種 (thanī, “penis”)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 種 (θane, θanï, “seed”)
  • Okinawan: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
  • Okinoerabu: 種 (θani, θanī, “seed”)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
  • Tokunoshima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
  • Yoron: 種 (tani, “seed”)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
  • Yaeyama: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
  • Yonaguni: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 325