Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tonari

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

Possibly a compound with the first word being *to (“outside, other”).

Noun

*tonari

neighbor, neighborhood, next door

Descendants

Old Japanese: 隣 (to₁nari)
- Japanese: 隣 (tonari)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *tonari
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 隣 (θunai)
  - Kunigami: 隣 (thunai)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 隣 (θonari)
  - Okinawan: 隣 (tunai)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 隣 (tunai)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 隣 (θunāri, θunar)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 隣 (tunai)
  - Yoron: 隣 (tunai)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 隣 (tunaz)
  - Yaeyama: 隣 (tunarï)
  - Yonaguni: 隣 (tunai)

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