Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ti(y)o

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 *tuyə (“strong”).

Adjective

*ti(y)o

1. strong

Descendants

• 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)