Jump to content

Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ira

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Japonic *ira (placenta).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Tone class: A

Noun

[edit]

*ira

  1. placenta

Descendants

[edit]
  • Northern Ryukyuan: *eya
    • Kunigami: いやー (iyā /⁠ʔìjáː⁠/)
    • Okinawan: いや (iya /⁠ʔìjà⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *ira, *eya