Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/enu

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

Reconstruction

For the reconstruction of initial *e-, compare *ine (“rice plant”).

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *enu (“dog”).

Noun

*enu

dog

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 亦奴 (inu) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
- Kikai: 犬 (in)
- ⇒ Kunigami: 犬子等 (innukwā) (< *enu-kura "puppy")
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 犬 (in)
- Okinawan: 犬 (in)
- Okinoerabu: 犬 (inu, inū)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 犬 (in)
- Tokunoshima: 犬 (in, ïn)
- Yoron: 犬 (inu)
Southern Ryukyuan: *enu (Bentley, 2008b)
- Miyako: 犬 (in)
- Yaeyama: 犬 (in)
- Yonaguni: 犬 (in, inu)

References