Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tako

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 *tako (“octopus”).

Noun

*tako

1. octopus

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (θō)
  • Kunigami: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (thafū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (θoho)
  • Okinawan: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (taku)
  • Okinoerabu: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tō)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (θoho)
  • Tokunoshima: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tō)
  • Yoron: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tafu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (taku)
  • Yaeyama: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (taku)
  • Yonaguni: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tagu)