Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pukoro

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 *pukoro (“bag”).

Noun

*pukoro

1. bag

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 袋 (fukku)
  • Kunigami: 袋 (phuku)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 袋 (fukoro)
  • Okinawan: 袋 (fukuru)
  • Okinoerabu: 袋 (fukuru)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 袋 (fukru)
  • Tokunoshima: 袋 (fukku)
  • Yoron: 袋 (pukuru)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 袋 (fukuru)
  • Yaeyama: 袋 (fukuru)
  • Yonaguni: 袋 (kkuru)