Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kura

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 *kura (“dark”).

Adjective

*kura

2. dark

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 暗せん (k'urāsen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 暗さり (k'urasari)
  • Okinawan: 暗さん (kurasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 暗さん (kurasan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 暗さむっ (kurāsam)
  • Tokunoshima: 暗い (kurāi)
  • Yoron: 暗さん (kurasan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 暗 (ffa)
  • Yaeyama: 暗さん (ffasan)