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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sora

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 *sora (“sky”).

Igarashi (2022)[1] considers the meaning of this item to be "treetop" and the modern languages reflect this meaning, stating "[...] pR *sora does not have a meaning ‘sky,’ which is indicated instead by a Chinese loan pR *ten A." The modern forms with the meaning "sky" can probably be reasonably regarded as Japanese loanwords.

Pronunciation

Tone class: C

Noun

*sora

  1. tip (said of plants, treetops, etc.)

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 空 (ssura)
    • Kunigami: 空 (surā /⁠súɾàː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: そらふ (sorafu, “whitlow (on top of a finger)”)
    • Okinawan: 空 (sūra /⁠sùːɾà⁠/)
    • Yoron: 空 (sura /⁠súɾá⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 空 (sura)
    • Yaeyama: 空 (sura /⁠súɾá⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 空 (sura /⁠sùɾâ⁠/)

References
  1. Igarashi, Yosuke. "Reconstruction of Ryukyuan tone classes of Middle Japanese Class 2.4 and 2.5 nouns".
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