Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/turub-

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 *turunp- (“to copulate”).

Verb

*turub-

1. to copulate (of animals)

Usage notes

Some Ryukyuan dialects replaced this word; in Oki-no-Erabu and Yoron, it is replaced with a form derived from *uwar(-as)-, as in Okinoerabu っわーやしゅん ('wāya shun) and Yoron っわーゆん ('wāyun)/っわーらしゅん ('wārashun); most Yaeyama dialects have a derived form *kanae- (e.g. Ishigaki かないるん (kanairun)/かないん (kanain))) which may be related to Japanese 叶える (kanaeru, “to fulfill (a wish)”), but Taketomi, Hatoma, and Hateruma have forms that are likely cognate to Japanese 睦ぶ (mutsubu, “to be intimate”) (Taketomi んつぶん (ntsubun) and Hatoma ずぶん (dzubun), Hateruma ずーぶん (dzūbun)).

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: ’とぅんじゅい (t'unjui)
  • Kunigami: ’ちるーびん ('chirūbin)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: ’つぃ゚んぶり ('tsïnburi)
  • Okinawan: ちるぶん (chirubun)
  • Tokunoshima: ちんびゅい (chinbyui)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: つぃ゚―びぃ゚ (tsïïbzï)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: つんきるん (tsun kirun), つんきん (tsunkin) (< *turub-i se-)