Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/te

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *tay (“hand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /te/

Noun

*te

hand

Derived terms

*mukade (“centipede”) (possibly)

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 手 (てﾟぃー, θī)
- Kunigami: 手 (てぃー, thī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 手 (とぃー, tïï)
- Okinawan: 手 (てぃー, tī)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 手 (てﾟぃー, θī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 手 (とぃー, tïï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 手 (てﾟぃー, θī)
- Yoron: 手 (てぃー, tī)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 手 (てぃー, tī)
- Yaeyama: 手 (てぃー, tī)
- Yonaguni: 手 (てぃー, tī)