Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pukore

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 *pukoru (to swell).

Verb

*pukore

  1. to swell

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 膨っきゆい (pukkiyui), 膨っきぃゆい (fukkïyui), 膨っきうい (pukkiui)
    • Kunigami: 膨っきん (phukkin)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 膨くりぃるり (fukurïruri)
    • Okinawan: 膨っくぃゆん (fukkwiyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 膨くりゆん (fukuriyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 膨くっりぃゆむっ (fukrïyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 膨っくいぃりぃ (fukkwïrï)
    • Yoron: 膨くりゅん (fukuryun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 膨くりㇲ゙ (fukuriz)
    • Yaeyama: 膨くりん (fukurin), 膨くりるん (fukurirun)
    • Yonaguni: 膨くりるん (kkurirun)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 337