Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuki

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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 *tukui (moon, month).

Noun

*tuki

  1. moon
  2. month

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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