Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/teda

Etymology
According to, borrowed from.

Alternatively, ultimately from a source deriving from. Proponents of the Chinese derivation use other examples where Sino-Japanese au correspond to Proto-Ryukyuan *-a(a); e.g., , etc. also cites Old Okinawan correspondances in the Omoro Sōshi, such as, , , , ,. However there are problems:
 * has word-final length, which could imply the diminutive suffix *-a(a).
 * is strangely absent from all Amami dialects except for Tokunoshima and Yoron, where it instead uses, but it is attested in Okinawa, Miyako, and Yaeyama topolects, implying a loanword from a Chinese source in (Proto-)Okinawan with a spread to the south.

The word refers to days; this word likely displaced this meaning due to a taboo homonym.

Noun

 * 1) sun

Descendants

 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan: