Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tonari

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