Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *tanay (“seed”).
*tane
- seed
- penis
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
- Kunigami: 種 (thanī, “penis”)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 種 (θane, θanï, “seed”)
- Okinawan: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 種 (θani, θanī, “seed”)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
- Toku-No-Shima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
- Yoron: 種 (tani, “seed”)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
- Yaeyama: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
- Yonaguni: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
References
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- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 325