Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tora

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

*tora

1. tiger

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 虎 (to₁ra)
  • Japanese: 虎 (tora)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tora
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 它喇 (tora) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 虎 (tura) (in compounds)
    • Kunigami: 虎 (thurā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 虎 (θora)
    • Okinawan: 虎 (tura)
    • Okinoerabu: 虎 (tura) (in compounds)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 虎 (θura, θurā)
    • Tokunoshima: 虎 (turā)
    • Yoron: 虎 (tura)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 虎 (tura)
    • Yaeyama: 虎 (tura)
    • Yonaguni: 虎 (tura)
• Peninsular Japonic:
  • Han:
    • Old Korean: *刀良 (*tora)