Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pune

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 *punai (“boat”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: C

Noun

*pune

boat

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai:
  Aden: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)
  
  Araki: 船, 舟 (punï) (tone class C)
  
  Kamikatetsu: 船, 舟 (puni) (tone class AB)
  
  Nakasato: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)
  
  Onotsu: 船, 舟 (punï) (tone class BC)
  
  Sakamine: 船, 舟 (puni) (tone class C)
  
  Shiomichi: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)
  
  Shitōke: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class BC)
  
  Wan: 船, 舟 (punï) (tone class C)
- Kunigami:
  Hentona: 船, 舟 (hin)
  
  Iejima: 船, 舟 (phuni)
  
  Nago: 船, 舟 (phuni) (tone class C)
  
  Nakijin: 船, 舟 (phuni) (tone class C)
  
  Oku: 船, 舟 (hin)
  
  Sumuide: 船, 舟 (puni)
- Northern Amami Ōshima:
  Naze: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class C)
  
  Yamatohama: 船, 舟 (funï)
  
  Yuwan: 船, 舟 (funï)
- Okinawan:
  Naha: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Shuri: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class B)
- Okinoerabu:
  Kamishiro: 船, 舟 (hīni) (tone class C)
  
  Serikaku: 船, 舟 (hinni)
  
  Tetechina: 船, 舟 (hini)
- Southern Amami Ōshima:
  Koniya: 船, 舟 (funï)
  
  Shodon: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class BC)
- Tokunoshima:
  Asama: 船, 舟 (fūnï) (tone class C)
  
  Inō: 船, 舟 (funï)
  
  San: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class C)
- Yoron: 船, 舟 (puni) (tone class C)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
  Hirara: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Ikema: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)
  
  Minna: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)
  
  Nagahama: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Ōgami: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Ōura: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)
  
  Sarahama: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Shiokawa: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Tarama: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)
  
  Uechi: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Yonaha: 船, 舟 (funi)
- Yaeyama:
  Hateruma: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class BC)
  
  Ishigaki: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class BC)
  
  Kuroshima: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Sonai: 船, 舟 (funi)
  
  Taketomi: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class BC)
- Yonaguni: 船, 舟 (nni) (tone class C)

References

Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 265-266