Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tai

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 edit

Noun edit

*tai

hand

Derived terms edit

*mukantay (“centipede”) (possibly)

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 手 (te, ta)
- Japanese: 手 (te, ta)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *te
- Northern Ryukyuan: 티 (/⁠tʰi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai:
    Aden: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
    Araki: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
    Kamikatetsu: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
    Nakasato: 手 (θī) (tone class AB)
    Onotsu: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
    Sakamine: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
    Shiomichi: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
    Shitōke: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
    Wan: 手 (θī) (tone class AB)
  - Kunigami:
    Iejima: 手 (thī)
    Hentona: 手 (thī)
    Nakijin: 手 (thī) (tone class B)
    Oku: 手 (thī)
    Sumuide: 手 (tī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima:
    Naze: 手 (tï)
    Yamatohama: 手 (tï)
    Yuwan: 手 (tïï)
  - Okinawan:
    Naha: 手 (tī)
    Shuri: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
  - Oki-No-Erabu:
    Kamishiro: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
    Serikaku: 手 (tī)
    Tetechina: 手 (tī)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima:
    Koniya: 手 (tïï)
    Shodon: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
  - Toku-No-Shima:
    Inō: 手 (tïï)
    Kametsu: 手 (tï)
    Matsubara: 手 (tïï) (tone class B)
    San: 手 (tï) (tone class B)
  - Yoron: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako:
    Bora: 手 (tī)
    Hirara: 手 (tī)
    Ikema: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
    Irabu: 手 (tī)
    Karimata: 手 (tī)
    Kugai: 手 (tī)
    Kurima: 手 (tī)
    Minna: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
    Nagahama: 手 (tī)
    Ōgami: 手 (tī)
    Ōura: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
    Sarahama: 手 (tī)
    Sawada: 手 (tī)
    Shiokawa: 手 (tī)
    Tarama: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
    Uechi: 手 (tī)
    Yonaha: 手 (tī) (tone class AB)
  - Yaeyama:
    Hateruma: 手 (shī)
    Hatoma: 手 (tī)
    Ishigaki: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
    Kohama: 手 (tī)
    Kuroshima: 手 (tī)
    Sonai: 手 (tī)
    Taketomi: 手 (tī) (tone class B)
  - Yonaguni: 手 (tī) (tone class B)