Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tura

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 *tura (“face”).

Noun

*tura

  1. face

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: □라 (tsɨra) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 面 (tura, tsura)
    • Kunigami: 面 (chira)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 面 (tsïra)
    • Okinawan: 面 (chira)
    • Okinoerabu: 面 (chira)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 面 (tsïra)
    • Tokunoshima: 面 (tsïrā)
    • Yoron: 面 (chira)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 面 (tsïra)
    • Yaeyama: 面 (tsïra)
    • Yonaguni: 面 (chira)

References

  • Lin (2015), p. 281
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