Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mura

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 *mura (“village, settlement”).

Noun

*mura

  1. village, settlement

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 村 (mura)
    • Kunigami: 村 (murā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mora)
    • Okinawan: 村 (mura)
    • Okinoerabu: 村 (mura)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mura)
    • Tokunoshima: 村 (murā)
    • Yoron: 村 (mura)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 村 (mura)
    • Yaeyama: 村 (mura)
    • Yonaguni: 村 (mura)
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