Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tukiyo

Etymology
Compound of 🇰🇲.

The alternative reconstruction *tukoyo is limited to Sakishima, while *tukiyo must have been restricted to Okinawa, with a spread to the southern Amami islands such as Yoron and Okinoerabu.

Pronunciation

 * Tone class: C

Noun

 * 1) moon
 * 2) moonlit night

Usage notes
Sense 1 refers primarily to the celestial body of the moon.

Descendants

 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * (< *tukoye-no-yo)
 * (< *tukoyo)
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * (< *tukoye-no-yo)
 * (< *tukoyo)
 * (< *tukoyo)