Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuki

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 *tukui (“moon, month”).

Noun

*tuki

1. moon
2. month

Derived terms

• *tukiyo

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 月 (tuchi, tsuki)
  • Kunigami: 月 (shichī, hichī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 月 (tsïki, chiki)
  • Okinawan: 月 (tsichi, chichi)
  • Okinoerabu: 月 (chiki)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 月 (θki)
  • Tokunoshima: 月 (tsïki)
  • Yoron: 月 (chiki)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 月 (tsïksï, tsïkï)
  • Yaeyama: 月 (tsïkï)
  • Yonaguni: 月 (ttī)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 306
• Hirayama (1986, 465)
• Iwakura (1941, 167-168)
• Jarosz (2015, 621)
• Kiku and Takahashi (2005, 304)
• Nakasone (1983, 181)