Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ti

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *ti (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*ti

1. blood

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 血 (chī)
  • Kunigami: 血 (chī /⁠tɕíː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 血 (chī)
  • Okinawan: 血 (chī /⁠tɕîː⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 血 (chī /⁠tɕíː⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 血 (chī /⁠tɕîː⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 血 (tsïï /⁠tsˀɨ́ː⁠/)
  • Yoron: 血 (chī /⁠tɕìː⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 血 (tsïï)
  • Yaeyama: 血 (tsïï /⁠tsɨ̂ː⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 血 (chī /⁠tɕˀíː⁠/)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *ti (“breastmilk”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*ti

1. breastmilk

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 乳 (chī)
  • Kunigami: 乳 (chī, chīchī /⁠tɕĭː, tɕìːtɕîː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 乳 (chī)
  • Okinawan: 乳 (chī, chīchī /⁠tɕìː, tɕìːtɕìː⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 乳 (chī /⁠tɕˀĭː⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 乳 (chī /⁠tɕìː⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 乳 (tsïï /⁠tsˀɨ̂ː⁠/)
  • Yoron: 乳 (chī /⁠tɕĭː⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 乳 (tsïï)
  • Yaeyama: 乳 (tsïï /⁠tsɨ́ː⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 乳 (chī /⁠tɕˀìː⁠/)