Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/teda

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

According to Kupchik (2021), borrowed from Amis cidal (“sun”).

Alternatively, from an earlier *tendan, from Middle Chinese 天道 (tʰen dɑuX).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teda/

Noun

*teda

sun

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 天道, 太陽 (θida, θïda)
- Kunigami: 天道, 太陽 (thidā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 天道, 太陽 (θeda)
- Okinawan: 天道, 太陽 (tīda)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 天道, 太陽 (θida)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 天道, 太陽 (θïda)
- Toku-No-Shima: 天道, 太陽 (θïda, θïïra) (in compounds)
- Yoron: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
- Yaeyama: 天道, 太陽 (tida)
- Yonaguni: 天道, 太陽 (tidan)

References

“てぃーだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, pages 336-337

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[JLect-1] “てぃーだ【天道・太陽】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.