Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuru
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *kuru (“painful, stressful, suffering”).
Adjective
*kuru
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 苦さい (-gurusai) (only used as a suffix)
- Kunigami: 苦ーしぇん (-gurūshen, -gurīshen) (only used as a suffix)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 苦しゃり (xurushari)
- Okinawan: 苦さん (kurisan)
- Okinoerabu: 苦しゃん (gurushan)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 苦しさむっ (gurushisam) (possibly a Japanese loanword)
- Tokunoshima: 苦しゃい (xurushai), 苦い (goroi), 苦ーい (xwëëi)
- Yoron: 苦しゃん (gusshan, gurushan)
- Southern Ryukyuan: