Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/toki

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 *təki (“time”).

Noun

*toki

1. time

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 時 (tuki)
  • Kunigami: 時 (tuchī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 時 (θuki)
  • Okinawan: 時 (tuchi)
  • Okinoerabu: 時 (tuki)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 時 (tuk) (Koniya dialect)
  • Tokunoshima: 時 (tuki)
  • Yoron: 時 (tuki) (Chabana dialect)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 時 (tuksï)
  • Yaeyama: 時 (tuksï)
  • Yonaguni: 時 (tuti)