Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tika

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

*tika

close, near, short
Antonym: *təpə (“far”)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 近 (tika)
- Japanese: 近い (chikai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *tika
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 近さい (chikasai)
  - Kunigami: 近ーしぇん (shichāshen, hichāshen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 近さり (chikyasari)
  - Okinawan: 近さん (chichasan, chikasan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 近さん (chikyasan, chikasan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 近さむっ (chikyasam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 近ーい (tsïkyāi)
  - Yoron: 近ーさん (kyāsan, chichasan, chikasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 近 (tsïka)
  - Yaeyama: 近さん (tsïkasan)
  - Yonaguni: 近ーん (ttān)