Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/peru

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 *peru (“garlic”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*peru

1. garlic

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 픠루 (/⁠pʰɨi.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 蒜 (pïru)
  • Kunigami: 蒜 (phirū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蒜 (fïru)
  • Okinawan: 蒜 (firu)
  • Okinoerabu: 蒜 (hirū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蒜 (fïr)
  • Tokunoshima: 蒜 (fïru)
  • Yoron: 蒜 (piru)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 蒜 (piz)
  • Yaeyama: 蒜 (pin)
  • Yonaguni: 蒜 (hiru)