Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mura

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 *mura (“village, settlement”).

Noun

*mura

1. village, settlement

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 村 (mura)
  • Kunigami: 村 (murā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mora)
  • Okinawan: 村 (mura)
  • Okinoerabu: 村 (mura)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mura)
  • Tokunoshima: 村 (murā)
  • Yoron: 村 (mura)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 村 (mura)
  • Yaeyama: 村 (mura)
  • Yonaguni: 村 (mura)