Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tukur-
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Proto-Ryukyuan
[edit]Reconstruction
[edit]Deletion of the second syllable in some Amami dialects and the Miyako forms point to *tukur-. Yaeyama and Yonaguni forms point to *tukor-, but there is no case of **tuku- changing to *tsïfu ~ *ffu in any Yaeyama dialect.
There is also Okinawan しこーゆん (shikōyun), attested in the Nantō Kayō, and Sanuki しこー (shikō, “method”).
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Japonic *tukur- (“to make”).
Verb
[edit]*tukur-
- to make
Descendants
[edit]- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
[edit]- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 303-304