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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kura

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *kura (“dark”).

Adjective

*kura

  1. dark
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 暗せん (kurāsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 暗さり (kurasari)
    • Okinawan: 暗さん (kurasan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 暗さん (kurasan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 暗さむっ (xurāsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 暗い (kurāi)
    • Yoron: 暗さん (kurasan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 暗 (ffa)
    • Yaeyama: 暗さん (ffasan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *kora (“children; child”).

Noun

*kura

  1. child
Descendants
  • 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)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 271
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