Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kura

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.

Proto-Japonic

Noun

*kura

darkness, the dark

Related terms

*kuro

Descendants

Old Japanese: 暗 (kura)
- Japanese: 暗 (kura), 暗い (kurai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kura
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 暗せん (kurāsen)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 暗さり (kurasari)
  - Okinawan: 暗さん (kurasan)
  - Okinoerabu: 暗さん (kurasan)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 暗さむっ (xurāsam)
  - Tokunoshima: 暗い (kurāi)
  - Yoron: 暗さん (kurasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 暗 (ffa)
  - Yaeyama: 暗さん (ffasan)