Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/takai

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

Etymology

Probably cognate with *taka (“high, tall”).

Noun

*takai

bamboo
Synonym: *sasa

Descendants

Old Japanese: 竹 (take₂)
- Japanese: 竹 (take)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *take
- Northern Ryukyuan: *dake
  - Kikai: 竹 (dē)
  - Kunigami: 竹 (dakī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 竹 (dehe)
  - Okinawan: 竹 (daki)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 竹 (dē)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 竹 (dehe)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 竹 (dē)
  - Yoron: 竹 (dai)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 竹 (taki)
  - Yaeyama: 竹 (taki)
  - Yonaguni: 竹 (tagi)

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