Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tura

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 *tura (“face”).

Noun

*tura

1. face

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: □라 (tsɨra) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 面 (tura, tsura)
  • Kunigami: 面 (chira)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 面 (tsïra)
  • Okinawan: 面 (chira)
  • Okinoerabu: 面 (chira)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 面 (tsïra)
  • Tokunoshima: 面 (tsïrā)
  • Yoron: 面 (chira)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 面 (tsïra)
  • Yaeyama: 面 (tsïra)
  • Yonaguni: 面 (chira)

References

• Lin (2015), p. 281