Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kora

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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.
This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

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Reconstruction

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)


Derivationally, appears to be a compound of *ko (child) +‎ *-ra (pluralizing and generalizing suffix). Compare a similar semantic shift in modern Japanese 子供 (kodomo), which was originally a plural and shifted to a singular.

Noun

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*kora

  1. children; child

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: 子等 (ko1ra, children)
    • Japanese: 子等 (kora, children)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kura (child)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (kwa, ka)
      • Kunigami: (kwā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (kwa)
      • Okinawan: (kkwa)
      • Okinoerabu: (kwā)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kwā)
      • Tokunoshima: (kwa, kwā)
      • Yoron: (kwa)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (ffa)
      • Yaeyama: ()
      • Yonaguni: ()