Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuzira
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *kuntira (“whale”).
Noun
*kuzira
Reconstruction notes
Northern Amami Ōshima 鯨 (kujira) (for *gujirya), Serikaku Okinoerabu 鯨 (kujira) (for *gujiya), Ōura and Uechi Miyako 鯨 (kujira) (for *fudza), Iriomote, Kuroshima and Taketomi Yaeyama 鯨 (kujira) (for *futtsa), Yonaguni 鯨 (kudira) (for *funda) are borrowed from Japanese 鯨 (kujira). Some Amami and Kikai dialects show native-like developments but with initial k-, however.
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: *kujira, *gujira
- Southern Ryukyuan: *fuzïra