Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tui

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

Etymology edit

This reconstruction assumes Pre-Proto-Japonic *tur, in which this case can be connected to *turu (“to hang; to fish”). In the Heian period, 釣る (tsuru) had <HH> accent.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

Accent class: 1.1?/1.2?

Noun edit

*tui

fishhook

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 鉤 (ti)
- Japanese: 鉤 (chi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ti (accent class A)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 鉤 (chī /⁠tɕíː⁠/)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 鉤 (chī /⁠tɕíː⁠/)
  - Yoron: 鉤 (chī /⁠tɕìː⁠/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 鉤 (tsïï)
  - Yaeyama: 鉤 (tsïï /⁠tsɨ̂ː⁠/)
  - Yonaguni: 鉤 (chi)

References edit

^ “つ・る【釣・吊】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

[KDJ2Oturu-1] “つ・る【釣・吊】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

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