Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/take

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *takay (“bamboo”).

Noun

*take

1. bamboo

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: *dake
  • Kikai: 竹 (dē)
  • Kunigami: 竹 (dakī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 竹 (dehe)
  • Okinawan: 竹 (daki)
  • Okinoerabu: 竹 (dē)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 竹 (dehe)
  • Tokunoshima: 竹 (dē)
  • Yoron: 竹 (dai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 竹 (taki)
  • Yaeyama: 竹 (taki)
  • Yonaguni: 竹 (tagi)