Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/erə

This Proto-Japonic 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.

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Proto-Japonic

Noun

*erə

1. color

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 色 (iro₂)
  • Japanese: 色 (iro)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ero
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 色 (iru)
    • Kunigami: 色 (irū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 色 (iru)
    • Okinawan: 色 (iru)
    • Okinoerabu: 色 (irū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 色 (iryu)
    • Tokunoshima: 色 (iru)
    • Yoron: 色 (iru)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 色 (iru)
    • Yaeyama: 色 (iru)
    • Yonaguni: 色 (iru)