Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/peru

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 *peru (“garlic”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: A

Noun

*peru

garlic

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 픠루 (/⁠pʰɨi.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai:
  Araki: 蒜 (piru) (tone class AB)
  
  Kamikatetsu: 蒜 (piru) (tone class AB)
  
  Nakasato: 蒜 (piru) (tone class AB)
  
  Onotsu: 蒜 (piru) (tone class A)
  
  Shiomichi: 蒜 (piru) (tone class AB)
  
  Shitōke: 蒜 (pïru)
  
  Wan: 蒜 (piru) (tone class AB)
- Kunigami:
  Iejima: 蒜 (piru)
  
  Nakijin: 蒜 (phirū)
  
  Oku: 蒜 (p'iru)
- Northern Amami Ōshima:
  Yamatohama: 蒜 (fïru)
  
  Yuwan: 蒜 (hïru)
- Okinawan:
  Shuri: 蒜 (firu) (tone class A)
- Okinoerabu:
  Kamihirakawa: 蒜 (hirū) (tone class A)
  
  Kunigami: 蒜 (hiru) (tone class A)
- Southern Amami Ōshima:
  Koniya: 蒜 (fïr)
  
  Shodon: 蒜 (fïr)
- Tokunoshima:
  Inō: 蒜 (fïru)
- Yoron: 蒜 (piru)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
  Bora: 蒜 (piz)
  
  Hirara: 蒜 (piz)
  
  Ikema: 蒜 (hī)
  
  Irabu: 蒜 (piz)
  
  Kuninaka: 蒜 (pil)
  
  Kurima: 蒜 (piz)
  
  Minna: 蒜 (piri) (tone class A)
  
  Ōgami: 蒜 (piï)
  
  Ōura: 蒜 (piz)
  
  Shimajiri: 蒜 (piz)
  
  Uechi: 蒜 (pil)
  
  Yonaha: 蒜 (piz)
- Yaeyama:
  Hateruma: 蒜 (piru) (tone class A)
  
  Ishigaki: 蒜 (pin) (tone class A)
  
  Taketomi: 蒜 (pin)
- Yonaguni: 蒜 (hiru) (tone class A)