Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tonari

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 *tonari (“neighbor, neighborhood, next door”).

Noun

*tonari

1. neighbor, neighborhood, next door

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 隣 (θunai)
  • Kunigami: 隣 (thunai)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 隣 (θonari)
  • Okinawan: 隣 (tunai)
  • Okinoerabu: 隣 (tunai)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 隣 (θunāri, θunar)
  • Tokunoshima: 隣 (tunai)
  • Yoron: 隣 (tunai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 隣 (tunaz)
  • Yaeyama: 隣 (tunarï)
  • Yonaguni: 隣 (tunai)