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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kudira

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 *kuntira (“whale”).

Noun

*kudira

  1. whale

Reconstruction notes

Northern Amami-Oshima 鯨 (kujira) (for *gujirya), Serikaku Oki-No-Erabu 鯨 (kujira) (for *gujiya), Ōura and Uechi Miyako 鯨 (kujira) (for *fudza), Iriomote, Kuroshima and Taketomi Yaeyama 鯨 (kujira) (for *futtsa), Yonaguni 鯨 (kudira) (for *funda) are borrowed from Japanese 鯨 (kujira). Some Amami and Kikai dialects show native-like developments but with initial k-, however.

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: *kujira, *gujira
    • Kikai: 鯨 (kuiya)
    • Kunigami: 鯨 (kujja)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 鯨 (gujira, xujiya)
    • Okinawan: 鯨 (gujira)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 鯨 (gujiya)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 鯨 (gujirya, gujrya)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 鯨 (gunja)
    • Yoron: 鯨 (gūja, gūjā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *fuzïra
    • Miyako: 鯨 (fudza)
    • Yaeyama: 鯨 (futtsa)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 346-347
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