Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tonari

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative reconstructions

*tənari

Etymology

Possibly a compound with the first word being *to (“outside, other”), as evidenced by the Eastern Old Japanese and modern Japanese reflexes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tonaɾi/

Noun

*tonari

neighbor, neighborhood, next door

Descendants

Old Japanese: 隣 (to₂nari₁) (Western), 隣 (to₁nari₁) (Eastern)
- Japanese: 隣 (tonari)
Ryukyuan: *tonari
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 隣 (とﾟぅない, θunai)
  - Kunigami: 隣 (とぅない, thunai)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 隣 (とﾟなり, θonari)
  - Okinawan: 隣 (とぅない, tunai)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 隣 (とぅない, tunai)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 隣 (とぅない, tunai)
  - Yoron: 隣 (とぅない, tunai)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 隣 (とぅなㇲ゙, tunaz)
  - Yaeyama: 隣 (とぅなりぃ, tunarï)
  - Yonaguni: 隣 (とぅない, tunai)