Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/abura

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 *anpura (“fat, grease; oil”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: B

Noun

*abura

fat, grease
oil

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 아부라 (/⁠a.pu.ra⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai:
  Aden: 脂, 油 (anba) (tone class AB)
  
  Kamikatetsu: 脂, 油 (anba) (tone class AB)
  
  Onotsu: 脂, 油 (abba) (tone class BC)
  
  Sakamine: 脂, 油 (anba) (tone class AB)
  
  Shiomichi: 脂, 油 (anba, abba) (tone class AB)
  
  Shitōke: 脂, 油 (abba) (tone class BC)
  
  Wan: 脂, 油 (anba) (tone class AB)
- Kunigami:
  Iejima: 脂, 油 (anda)
  
  Hentona: 脂, 油 (anra)
  
  Kudaka: 脂, 油 (anra)
  
  Nago: 脂, 油 (anda) (tone class B)
  
  Nakijin: 脂, 油 (andā) (tone class BC)
  
  Sakimotobu: 脂, 油 (anra) (tone class C)
  
  Sumuide: 脂, 油 (anda)
- Northern Amami Ōshima:
  Naze: 脂, 油 (abura)
  
  Yamatohama: 脂, 油 (abura)
  
  Yuwan: 脂, 油 (abura)
- Okinawan:
  Itoman: 脂, 油 (anra)
  
  Naha: 脂, 油 (anra)
  
  Shuri: 脂, 油 (anda) (tone class BC)
- Okinoerabu:
  Serikaku: 脂, 油 (aburā)
  
  Tetechina: 脂, 油 (abura)
- Southern Amami Ōshima:
  Koniya: 脂, 油 (apra)
  
  Shodon: 脂, 油 (apra) (tone class BC)
- Tokunoshima:
  Inō: 脂, 油 (anba)
  
  Isen: 脂, 油 (anba)
  
  Kametsu: 脂, 油 (anba)
- Yoron: 脂, 油 (abura) (tone class B)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
  Bora: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Hirara: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Ikema: 脂, 油 (avva) (tone class B)
  
  Irabu: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Karimata: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Kugai: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Kurima: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Minna: 脂, 油 (avva) (tone class B)
  
  Miyaguni: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Nagahama: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Ōgami: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Ōura: 脂, 油 (avva) (tone class AB)
  
  Sarahama: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Sawada: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Shiokawa: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Tarama: 脂, 油 (avva) (tone class B)
  
  Uechi: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Uruka: 脂, 油 (avva)
  
  Yonaha: 脂, 油 (avva) (tone class AB)
- Yaeyama:
  Hateruma: 脂, 油 (aba) (tone class BC)
  
  Hatoma: 脂, 油 (aba)
  
  Ishigaki: 脂, 油 (aba) (tone class BC)
  
  Kohama: 脂, 油 (aba)
  
  Kuroshima: 脂, 油 (ava)
  
  Taketomi: 脂, 油 (aba) (tone class BC)
- Yonaguni: 脂, 油 (anda) (tone class B)

References

Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 292