Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/uzura

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 *untura (“quail”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*uzura

1. quail

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 鶉 (uddamī)
  • Kunigami: 鶉 (enjā)
  • Okinawan: 鶉 (ujira)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 鶉 (uzïra)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 鶉 (utrā)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 鶉 (unza)
  • Yoron: 鶉 (ujira)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 鶉 (vdza)
  • Yaeyama: 鶉 (utcha)
  • Yonaguni: 鶉 (uduru)