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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuro

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

From Proto-Japonic *kuro (“black”).

Adjective

*kuro

  1. black

Noun

*kuro

  1. black

Antonyms

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 黒 (kurū), 黒せい (kurusai)
    • Kunigami: 黒 (kurū), 黒せん (kurusen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 黒 (kurū), 黒さり (kurusari)
    • Okinawan: 黒 (kurū), 黒さん (kurusan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 黒 (kurū), 黒さん (kurusan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 黒 (kurū), 黒さむっ (kurusam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 黒 (kurū), 黒せい (kurusai)
    • Yoron: 黒 (kurū), 黒さん (kurusan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 黒 (ffu)
    • Yaeyama: 黒 (ffu), 黒さん (ffusan)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 黒ちち (furuchichi)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 265
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