Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tura

This Proto-Japonic 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.

Cognate with *turu (“to be in a row; to hang down”), presumably via suffix *-a denoting the result of a verb's actions.

*tura^[1]

1. line, row^[2]
2. bowstring^[2]
3. vine^[2]
4. cheek; (by extension) face^[2]

• Old Japanese: 例 (tura, “line, row”), 弦 (tura, “bowstring”), 蔓 (tura, “vine”), 頬 (tura, “cheek”), 面 (tura, “face”)
  • Japanese: 列, 連 (tsura, “line, row”), 弦 (tsura, “bowstring”), 蔓 (tsura, “vine”), 頬 (tsura, “cheek”), 面 (tsura, “face”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tura (“face”)
  • 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)
  • Peninsular Japonic: *tura
    • Han:
      • Old Korean: *豆良 (*tura, “face”, toponym element)^[1]