Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/teda

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 earlier *tendan, from Middle Chinese 天道.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teda/

Noun

*teda

sun

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 天道 (てﾟぃだ, θida)
- Kunigami: 天道 (てぃだー, thidā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 天道 (てﾟだ, θeda)
- Okinawan: 天道 (てぃーだ, tīda)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 天道 (てﾟぃだ, θida)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 天道 (とﾟぃだ, θïda)
- Toku-No-Shima: 天道 (とﾟぃだ, θïda) (in compounds)
- Yoron: 天道 (てぃだ, tida)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 天道 (てぃだ, tida)
- Yaeyama: 天道 (てぃだ, tida)
- Yonaguni: 天道 (てぃだん, tidan)