Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ta

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 *ta (“rice paddy”).

Noun

*ta

1. rice paddy

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 田 (tā)
  • Kunigami: 田 (thā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 田 (θa)
  • Okinawan: 田 (tā)
  • Okinoerabu: 田 (tā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 田 (tā)
  • Tokunoshima: 田 (tā)
  • Yoron: 田 (tā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 田 (tā)
  • Yaeyama: 田 (tā)
  • Yonaguni: 田 (tā)