Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tikara

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 *tikara (“power, strength”).

Noun

*tikara

1. power, strength

   Synonym: *taya

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 力 (chikara)
  • Kunigami: 力 (chikāra, shikāra)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 力 (chikyara)
  • Okinawan: 力 (chikara)
  • Okinoerabu: 力 (chikara, chikyara, chikkyara)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 力 (chikyara, cikyara)
  • Tokunoshima: 力 (tsïkyara)
  • ⇒ Yoron: てゃー力 (tyāchikara) (< *taya-tikara)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 力 (tsïkara)
  • Yaeyama: 力 (tsïkara)
  • Yonaguni: 力 (shikara)