Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tura

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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 *tura (face).

Noun

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*tura

  1. face

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan: □라 (tsɨra) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: (tura, tsura)
    • Kunigami: (chira)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (tsïra)
    • Okinawan: (chira)
    • Okinoerabu: (chira)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (tsïra)
    • Tokunoshima: (tsïrā)
    • Yoron: (chira)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (tsïra)
    • Yaeyama: (tsïra)
    • Yonaguni: (chira)

References

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