Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kore

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 *kə-re (“this”, nominalized).

Pronoun

*kore

1. this (nominalized)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 此り (furi)
  • Kunigami: 此りー (furī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 此れぃ (xurï)
  • Okinawan: 此り (kuri)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 此り (furi)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 此り (xuri), 此るっ (xur) (< *kori)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 此り (xuri, kuri), 此れぃ (xurï)
  • Yoron: 此り (furi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 此り (kuri), 此い (kui)
  • Yaeyama: 此り (kuri)
  • >? Yonaguni: 此 (kū)

References

• Jarosz (2015) p. 280
• Martin (1970) p. 120
• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 340