Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pone

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 *pənay (“bone”).

Noun

*pone

1. bone

Descendants

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

References

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