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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 (θāsai)
    • Kunigami: 高せん (thakāsen, thāsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 高さり (θahasari)
    • Okinawan: 高さん (takasan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 高さん (θāsan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 高さむっ (θahāsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 高さい (θāsai)
    • Yoron: 高さん (tāsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 高 (taka)
    • Yaeyama: 高さん (takasan)
    • Yonaguni: 高ん (tagan)
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