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

2. dark

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 暗せん (kurāsen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 暗さり (kurasari)
  • Okinawan: 暗さん (kurasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 暗さん (kurasan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 暗さむっ (xurāsam)
  • Tokunoshima: 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

2. child

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 子 (kwa, ka)
  • Kunigami: 子 (kwā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 子 (kwa)
  • Okinawan: 子 (kkwa)
  • Okinoerabu: 子 (kwā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 子 (kwā)
  • Tokunoshima: 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^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 271