Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tai

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

Noun

*tai

hand

Derived terms

*mukantay (“centipede”) (possibly)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 手 (te, ta)
- Japanese: 手 (te, ta)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *te
- Northern Ryukyuan: 티 (/⁠tʰi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 手 (θī)
  - Kunigami: 手 (thī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 手 (tï)
  - Okinawan: 手 (tī)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 手 (θī)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 手 (tïï)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 手 (θï, θïï)
  - Yoron: 手 (tī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 手 (tī)
  - Yaeyama: 手 (tī)
  - Yonaguni: 手 (tī)

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