Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/taka-

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 *taka- (“high, tall”).

Adjective

*taka-

  1. high, tall

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 高さい (tāsai)
    • Kunigami: 高しぇん (takāshen, tāshen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 高さり (tahasari)
    • Okinawan: 高さん (takasan)
    • Okinoerabu: 高さん (tāsan, taxasan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 高さむっ (tahāsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 高い (tāi)
    • Yoron: 高さん (tāsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 高 (taka)
    • Yaeyama: 高さん (takasan)
    • Yonaguni: 高ん (tagan)
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