Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tukuy

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

*tukoy (Thorpe)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tukui̯/

Noun

*tukuy

moon

Descendants

Old Japanese: 月 (tuki₂, tuku)
- Japanese: 月 (つき, tsuki, つく, tsuku)
Ryukyuan: *tuki
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 月 (しちー, shichī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 月 (てぃき, tïki)
  - Okinawan: 月 (ちち, chichi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 月 (てぃき, tïki)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 月 (つぃきぃ, tsïksï)
  - Yaeyama: 月 (つぃきぃ, tsïkï)
  - Yonaguni: 月 (ってぃー, ttī)

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