天道

天道

1. (literary, philosophy) laws of nature; laws of heaven
2. (regional) weather

• (laws of nature): 大器 (dàqì)

Others:

• →? Proto-Ryukyuan: *teda
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 天道, 太陽 (θida, θïda)
    • Kunigami: 天道, 太陽 (thidā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 天道, 太陽 (θeda)
    • Okinawan: 天道, 太陽 (tīda)
    • Okinoerabu: 天道, 太陽 (θida)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 天道, 太陽 (θïda)
    • Tokunoshima: 天道, 太陽 (θida)
    • Yoron: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
    • Yaeyama: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
    • Yonaguni: 天道, 太陽 (tidan)

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 天道 (MC then dawX). The 呉音 (goon), so the earlier borrowing.

First cited to a text from 751 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) てんどー (Heiban – )^[2][3]
• (Tokyo) てんどー (Atamadaka – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

天(てん)道(どう) • (tendō) ^{←てんだう (tendau)?}

1. laws of nature

   Synonym: 天理 (tenri)

2. the god of heaven, the god of creation the king or emperor of heaven

   Synonym: 天帝 (tentei)

3. the path taken through the sky by heavenly objects; (by extension) the (celestial, astronomical) heavens, the sky

   Synonyms: 天 (ten), 天空 (tenkū)

4. heaven, a land above the clouds

   Synonyms: 天上界 (tenjōkai), 天界 (tenkai)

5. (Buddhism) the heavenly realm, the gods realm (see also Saṃsāra (Buddhism)#Realms of rebirth)

   Synonyms: 天上界 (tenjōkai), 天界 (tenkai)

6. (astronomy) the sun (more often found with the reading tentō)

   Synonyms: 日 (hi), 太陽 (taiyō), 日輪 (nichirin)

Shift from tendō. The 漢音 (kan'on), so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.

• (Tokyo) てんとー (Atamadaka – )^[2][4][3]
• IPA^(key):

天(てん)道(とう) • (tentō) ^{←てんたう (tentau)?}

1. the god of heaven, the god of creation the king or emperor of heaven

   Synonym: 天帝 (tentei)

2. heaven, a land above the clouds

   Synonyms: 天上界 (tenjōkai), 天界 (tenkai)

3. (astronomy) the sun

   Synonyms: 日 (hi), 太陽 (taiyō), 日輪 (nichirin)

Shift from tendō.

• IPA^(key):

天(てん)道(ど) • (tendo) 

1. (Kagoshima) the sun

• 天道様(てんどさ) (tendo sa)

• “てんど【天道】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

• IPA^(key):

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

天道 • (cheondo) (hangeul 천도)

1. hanja form^? of 천도 (“laws of nature; laws of heaven”)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (thitha) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだー) (thithā) 

1. (Nakijin) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

• (Shuri-Naha) てぃいだ (Heiban - )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

天道(てぃーだ) or 天道(てぃーら) (tīda or tīra) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• 天道(てぃーだ)雨(あみ) (tīdāmi)
• 天道(てぃーだ)降(ぶ)い (tīdabui)
• 天道(てぃーだ)ぶうい (tīdabūi)

• “てぃーだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ティーラ（てぃーら）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
• “てぃーら” in Okinawan Dialect - Japanese Dialects Dictionary - Goo Dictionary.
• “てぃーだ” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.
• “ティーダ” in Weblio Dictionary.

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

• IPA^(key):

天道(てぃだ) or 天道(てぃだん) (tida or tidan) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “てぃだん【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

From Proto-Ryukyuan *teda. See there for more.

天道(てぃだ) (tida) 

1. (astronomy) the sun

• “てぃだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.