Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/te

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 *tai (“hand”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: B

Noun

*te

hand

Derived terms

*mukade (“centipede”) (possibly)

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 티 (/⁠tʰi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai:
  Aden: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
  
  Araki: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
  
  Kamikatetsu: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
  
  Nakasato: 手 (θī) (tone class AB)
  
  Onotsu: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
  
  Sakamine: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
  
  Shiomichi: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
  
  Shitōke: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
  
  Wan: 手 (θī) (tone class AB)
- Kunigami:
  Iejima: 手 (thī)
  
  Hentona: 手 (thī)
  
  Nakijin: 手 (thī) (tone class B)
  
  Oku: 手 (thī)
  
  Sumuide: 手 (tī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima:
  Naze: 手 (tï)
  
  Yamatohama: 手 (tï)
  
  Yuwan: 手 (tïï)
- Okinawan:
  Naha: 手 (tī)
  
  Shuri: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
- Okinoerabu:
  Kamishiro: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
  
  Serikaku: 手 (tī)
  
  Tetechina: 手 (tī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima:
  Koniya: 手 (tïï)
  
  Shodon: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
- Tokunoshima:
  Inō: 手 (tïï)
  
  Kametsu: 手 (tï)
  
  Matsubara: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
  
  San: 手 (tï) (tone class B)
- Yoron: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
  Bora: 手 (tī)
  
  Hirara: 手 (tī)
  
  Ikema: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
  
  Irabu: 手 (tī)
  
  Karimata: 手 (tī)
  
  Kugai: 手 (tī)
  
  Kurima: 手 (tī)
  
  Minna: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
  
  Nagahama: 手 (tī)
  
  Ōgami: 手 (tī)
  
  Ōura: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
  
  Sarahama: 手 (tī)
  
  Sawada: 手 (tī)
  
  Shiokawa: 手 (tī)
  
  Tarama: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
  
  Uechi: 手 (tī)
  
  Yonaha: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
- Yaeyama:
  Hateruma: 手 (shī)
  
  Hatoma: 手 (tī)
  
  Ishigaki: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
  
  Kohama: 手 (tī)
  
  Kuroshima: 手 (tī)
  
  Sonai: 手 (tī)
  
  Taketomi: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
- Yonaguni: 手 (tī) (tone class B)