Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/turu

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 *turu (“crane”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*turu

1. crane

Descendants

• • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 鶴 (turu)
    • Kunigami: 鶴 (chirū /⁠tɕìɾúː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 鶴 (tsïru)
    • Okinawan: 鶴 (tsiru /⁠tsíɾù⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: 鶴 (tsuru /⁠tsùɾú⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 鶴 (tïru /⁠tɨ̀ɾû⁠/)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 鶴ん鳥 (tsïruntui) (< *turu-n-tui)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 鶴 (churu)
    • Yaeyama: 鶴 (tsïru /⁠tsɨ́ɾù⁠/)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 鶴鳩 (chiru-hatu /⁠tɕìɾû.hàtù⁠/) (< *turu-pato)