Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kore

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 *kə-re (“this”, nominalized).

Pronoun

*kore

  1. this (nominalized)

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 此り (furi)
    • Kunigami: 此りー (furī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 此れぃ (xurï)
    • Okinawan: 此り (kuri)
    • Okinoerabu: 此り (furi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 此り (xuri), 此るっ (xur) (< *kori)
    • Tokunoshima: 此り (xuri, kuri), 此れぃ (xurï)
    • Yoron: 此り (furi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 此り (kuri), 此い (kui)
    • Yaeyama: 此り (kuri)
    • >? Yonaguni: 此 (kū)

References

  • Jarosz (2015) p. 280
  • Martin (1970) p. 120
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 340
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