Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuki

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 *tukuy (“moon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuki/

Noun

*tuki

moon

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 月 (つﾟき, cuki)
- Kunigami: 月 (しちー, shichī), 月 (ひちー, hichī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 月 (つぃき, tsïki)
- Okinawan: 月 (ちち, chichi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 月 (ちきゅ, chikyu)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 月 (とぃき, tïki)
- Toku-No-Shima: 月 (つぃき, tsïki)
- Yoron: 月 (ちっきゅー, chikkyū)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 月 (つぃきぃ, tsïksï)
- Yaeyama: 月 (つぃきぃ, tsïkï)
- Yonaguni: 月 (ってぃー, ttī)