Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ore

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 *əru (“to descend”).

Verb

*ore

1. to descend

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 下りゆい, 降りゆい (uriyui)
  • Kunigami: 下りるん, 降りるん (urirun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 下りぃるり, 降りぃるり (urïruri)
  • Okinawan: 下りゆん, 降りゆん (uriyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 下りゆん, 降りゆん (uriyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 下りゆむっ, 降りゆむっ (uriyum), 下りぃゆむっ, 降りぃゆむっ (urïyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 下りぃりぃ, 降りぃりぃ (urïrï)
  • Yoron: 下りゅん, 降りゅん (uryun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 下りーㇲ゙, 降りーㇲ゙ (urīz)
  • Yaeyama: 下りん, 降りん (urin), 下りるん, 降りるん (urirun)
  • Yonaguni: 下りるん, 降りるん (urirun)