Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *tikara (“power, strength”).
*tikara
- power, strength
- Synonym: *taya
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 力 (chikara)
- Kunigami: 力 (chikāra, shikāra)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 力 (chikyara)
- Okinawan: 力 (chikara)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 力 (chikara, chikyara, chikkyara)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 力 (chikyara, cikyara)
- Toku-No-Shima: 力 (tsïkyara)
- ⇒ Yoron: てゃー力 (tyāchikara) (< *taya-tikara)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 力 (tsïkara)
- Yaeyama: 力 (tsïkara)
- Yonaguni: 力 (shikara)