Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/təpə

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

Adjective

*təpə

distant, far
Antonym: *tika (“near”)
long, remote

Descendants

Old Japanese: 遠 (to₂po₂)
- Japanese: 遠い (tōi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *towo
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 遠さい (θūsai)
  - Kunigami: 遠せん (thūsen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 遠さり (θūsari)
  - Okinawan: 遠さん (tūsan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 遠さん (tūsan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 遠さむっ (tūsam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 遠さい (tūsai)
  - Yoron: 遠さん (tūsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 遠 (tū)
  - Yaeyama: 遠さん (tūsan)
  - Yonaguni: 遠ん (twan)

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