Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/iduro

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 *entu-re (“which”).

Pronoun

*iduro

1. which

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: でぃる (diru)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: でぃ゚る (dïru)
  • Okinawan: じる (jiru)
  • Okinoerabu: うどぅる (uduru)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: でぃ゚るっ (dïr)
  • Tokunoshima: でぃん (din)
  • Yoron: いどぅーる (idūru)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: んじー (njī)
  • Yaeyama: じり (jiri)
  • Yonaguni: んでぃ (ndi)