Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kora

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.

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Proto-Japonic

Reconstruction

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Derivationally, appears to be a compound of *ko (“child”) +‎ *-ra (pluralizing and generalizing suffix). Compare a similar semantic shift in modern Japanese 子供 (kodomo), which was originally a plural and shifted to a singular.

Noun

*kora

children; child

Descendants

Old Japanese: 子等 (ko₁ra, “children”)
- Japanese: 子等 (kora, “children”)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kura (“child”)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 子 (kwa, ka)
  - Kunigami: 子 (kwā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 子 (kwa)
  - Okinawan: 子 (kkwa)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 子 (kwā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 子 (kwā)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 子 (kwa, kwā)
  - Yoron: 子 (kwa)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 子 (ffa)
  - Yaeyama: 子 (fā)
  - Yonaguni: 子 (hā)

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