Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/enu

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

Reconstruction

For the reconstruction of initial *e-, compare *ine (“rice plant”).

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *enu (“dog”).

Noun

*enu

  1. dog

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦奴 (inu) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 犬 (in)
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 犬子等 (innukwā) (< *enu-kura "puppy")
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 犬 (in)
    • Okinawan: 犬 (in)
    • Okinoerabu: 犬 (inu, inū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 犬 (in)
    • Tokunoshima: 犬 (in, ïn)
    • Yoron: 犬 (inu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *enu (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: 犬 (in)
    • Yaeyama: 犬 (in)
    • Yonaguni: 犬 (in, inu)

References

  • Bentley (2008b) p. 255
  • Lin (2015) p. 247
  • Thorpe (1983) p. 279
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