Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/erabu

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

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Proper noun

*erabu

1. Okinoerabu; Okinoerabujima (an island in Southern Amami)
2. Irabu (an island in Miyako)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Okinoerabu: 永良部 (irabu)
  • Kunigami:
    • Nakijin: 永良部 (irābu) (tone class BC)
  • Okinawan:

    Naha: 永良部, 伊良部 (irabu)

    Shuri: 永良部, 伊良部 (irabu) (tone class BC)

  • Yoron: 永良部 (irabu) (tone class B)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Fukuzato: 伊良部 (irav)

    Hirara: 伊良部 (irav)

    Ikema: 伊良部 (irav)

    Irabu: 伊良部 (irav)

    Karimata: 伊良部 (irav)

    Kugai: 伊良部 (irav)

    Kuninaka: 伊良部 (irav)

    Kurima: 伊良部 (irav)

    Miyaguni: 伊良部 (irav)

    Nishihigashi: 伊良部 (irav)

    Nishizato: 伊良部 (irav)

    Ōgami: 伊良部 (irav)

    Sawada: 伊良部 (irav)

    Shimajiri: 伊良部 (irav)

    Sunagawa: 伊良部 (irav)

    Tarama: 伊良部 (irau) (tone class B)

    Tomori: 伊良部 (irav)

    Yonaha: 伊良部 (irav)