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

1. 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

• Bentley (2008b) p. 255
• Lin (2015) p. 247
• Thorpe (1983) p. 279