Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/təkərə

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This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

A surface analysis suggests that this could be an ancient compound of *to (place, as in Old Japanese ⟨ato1, “footprint, track”, from “foot place, where one has stepped”) + *kə (noun-forming suffixing element denoting “place”, as in Old Japanese ここ ⟨ko2ko2, “here”, from “this place) + *-rə (noun-forming suffixing element, apparently indicating within a general area, possibly as in Old Japanese ⟨ko2ko2ro2, “heart, mind, emotions”, Old Japanese ⟨ko2ro2, “general span of time, around a certain time”, Old Japanese うつろ ⟨uturo2, “hollowness, empty interior”). The inital *to- changed to *tə- due to Arisaka's law.

Noun

*təkərə

  1. place

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (to2ko2ro2)
    • Japanese: (tokoro)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *tokoro
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (θukuru)
      • Kunigami: (thukurū)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (θoro)
      • Okinawan: (tukuru)
      • Okinoerabu: (tukuru)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (θuro)
      • Tokunoshima: (tukuru)
      • Yoron: (tukuru)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (tukuru)
      • Yaeyama: (tukuru)
      • Yonaguni: (tuguru)