Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuzira

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *kuntira (whale).

Noun

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*kuzira

  1. whale

Reconstruction notes

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Northern Amami-Oshima (kujira) (for *gujirya), Serikaku Oki-No-Erabu (kujira) (for *gujiya), Ōura and Uechi Miyako (kujira) (for *fudza), Iriomote, Kuroshima and Taketomi Yaeyama (kujira) (for *futtsa), Yonaguni (kudira) (for *funda) are borrowed from Japanese (kujira). Some Amami and Kikai dialects show native-like developments but with initial k-, however.

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan: *kujira, *gujira
    • Kikai: (kujja, kuiya)
    • Kunigami: (kujja)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: (gujira, xujiya)
    • Okinawan: (gujira)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: (gujiya)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: (gujirya, gujrya)
    • Toku-No-Shima: (gunja)
    • Yoron: (gūja, gūjā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *fuzïra
    • Miyako: (fudza)
    • Yaeyama: (futtsa)

References

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  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 346-347