Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tika

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 *tika (“close, near, short”).

Adjective

*tika

1. close, near, short

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 近さい (chikasai)
  • Kunigami: 近ーしぇん (shichāshen, hichāshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 近さり (chikyasari)
  • Okinawan: 近さん (chichasan, chikasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 近さん (chikyasan, chikasan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 近さむっ (chikyasam)
  • Tokunoshima: 近ーい (tsïkyāi)
  • Yoron: 近ーさん (kyāsan, chichasan, chikasan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 近 (tsïka)
  • Yaeyama: 近さん (tsïkasan)
  • Yonaguni: 近ーん (ttān)