Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/togi

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 *tonku (“to sharpen”).

Verb

*togi

1. to sharpen

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 研じゅん (thujun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 研ぐり (θuguri)
  • Okinawan: 研じゅん (tujun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 研じゅん (tujun)
  • Yoron: 研ぎゅん (tugyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 研げぃ (tugzï)
  • Yaeyama: 研ぐん (tugun), 研ーん (tōn)
  • Yonaguni: 研く゚ん (tungun)