Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuna

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 *tuna (“rope”).

Noun

*tuna

1. rope

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 綱 (cuna)
  • Kunigami: 綱 (chinā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 綱 (tsïna)
  • Okinawan: 綱 (china)
  • Okinoerabu: 綱 (chinā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 綱 (θïna)
  • Tokunoshima: 綱 (tsïna)
  • Yoron: 綱 (china)
• Southern Ryukyuan
  • Miyako: 綱 (tsïna)
  • Yaeyama: 綱 (tsïna)
  • Yonaguni: 綱 (nna)