Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/take

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 *takay (“bamboo”).

Noun

*take

  1. bamboo

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: *dake
    • Kikai: 竹 (dē)
    • Kunigami: 竹 (dakī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 竹 (dehe)
    • Okinawan: 竹 (daki)
    • Okinoerabu: 竹 (dē)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 竹 (dehe)
    • Tokunoshima: 竹 (dē)
    • Yoron: 竹 (dai)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 竹 (taki)
    • Yaeyama: 竹 (taki)
    • Yonaguni: 竹 (tagi)
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