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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pone

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *pənay (bone).

Noun

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*pone

  1. bone

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (funi, punï)
    • Kunigami: (phuni, phunī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (funi, funï)
    • Okinawan: (funi)
    • Okinoerabu: (funi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (funï)
    • Tokunoshima: (funï)
    • Yoron: (puni)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (puni)
    • Yaeyama: (puni)
    • Yonaguni: (funi)

References

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  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 266