Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/taka

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

Adjective

*taka

high, tall

Descendants

Old Japanese: 高 (taka)
- Japanese: 高い (takai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *taka
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 高さい (θāsai)
  - Kunigami: 高しぇん (thakāshen, thāshen)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 高さり (θahasari)
  - Okinawan: 高さん (takasan)
  - Okinoerabu: 高さん (θāsan, θaxasan)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 高さむっ (θahāsam)
  - Tokunoshima: 高い (θāi)
  - Yoron: 高さん (tāsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 高 (taka)
  - Yaeyama: 高さん (takasan)
  - Yonaguni: 高ん (tagan)