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From Proto-Japonic *kəkərə ( “ heart ” ) .
*kokoro
heart
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
Kamikatetsu: 心 ( xukuru ) ( tone class AB )
Nakasato: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class AB )
Sakamine: 心 ( xukuru ) ( tone class AB )
Shitōke: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class BC )
Wan: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class AB )
Kunigami:
Hentona: 心 ( kukhuru )
Iheya: 心 ( kukhurū )
Kudaka: 心 ( fukuru )
Nakijin: 心 ( khukūru ) ( tone class BC )
Oku: 心 ( kukhuru )
Northern Amami Ōshima:
Naze: 心 ( xōro )
Sani: 心 ( xōro )
Yamatohama: 心 ( xohoro )
Yuwan: 心 ( xūru )
Okinawan:
Shuri: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class BC )
Okinoerabu:
Serikaku: 心 ( kukurū )
Southern Amami Ōshima:
Koniya: 心 ( xuhoro )
Shodon: 心 ( xohoro ) ( tone class BC )
Tokunoshima:
Inō: 心 ( kukuru )
Isen: 心 ( xukuru )
Kametsu: 心 ( kukuru )
Matsubara: 心 ( xukuru ) ( tone class B )
San: 心 ( kukuru )
Yoron: 心 ( kukuru )
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
Hirara: 心 ( kukuru )
Irabu: 心 ( kukuru )
Minna: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class C )
Sawada: 心 ( kukuru )
Tarama: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class C )
Yaeyama:
Hateruma: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class BC )
Hatoma: 心 ( kukuru )
Ishigaki: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class BC )
Kohama: 心 ( kukuru )
Kuroshima: 心 ( kukuru )
Sonai: 心 ( kukuru )
Taketomi: 心 ( kukuru ) ( tone class BC )
Yonaguni: 心 ( kuguru ) ( tone class B )
Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983 ) Ryūkyūan Language History [1] , Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 294-295