Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tukui

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

Alternative forms

  • *tuko- (Thorpe, 1983 p. 355)

Noun

*tukui

  1. moon
  2. month

Descendants

  • Eastern Old Japanese: 都久 (tuku)
  • Old Japanese: 月 (tuki2, tuku-)
    • Japanese: 月 (tsuki, tsuku-)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *tuki
    • Northern Ryukyuan: ᄌᆞ기 (/⁠tsɒ.ki⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: 月 (tuchi, tsuki)
      • Kunigami: 月 (shichī, hichī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 月 (ts'ïki, chiki)
      • Okinawan: 月 (tsichi, chichi)
      • Okinoerabu: 月 (chiki)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 月 (tki)
      • Tokunoshima: 月 (tsïki)
      • Yoron: 月 (chiki)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 月 (tsïksï, tsïkï)
      • Yaeyama: 月 (tsïkï)
      • Yonaguni: 月 (ttī)

Further reading

  • Vovin (2011) p. 221
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