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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tane

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 *tanay (“seed”).

Noun

*tane

  1. seed
  2. penis

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
    • Kunigami: 種 (thanī, “penis”)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 種 (θane, θanï, “seed”)
    • Okinawan: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 種 (θani, θanī, “seed”)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 種 (θanï, “seed”)
    • Yoron: 種 (tani, “seed”)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
    • Yaeyama: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)
    • Yonaguni: 種 (tani, “seed, penis”)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 325
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