Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pune

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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 *punai (boat).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: C

Noun

*pune

  1. boat

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai:
      Aden: , (funi) (tone class C)
      Araki: , (punï) (tone class C)
      Kamikatetsu: , (puni) (tone class AB)
      Nakasato: , (funi) (tone class C)
      Onotsu: , (punï) (tone class BC)
      Sakamine: , (puni) (tone class C)
      Shiomichi: , (funi) (tone class C)
      Shitōke: , (funï) (tone class BC)
      Wan: , (punï) (tone class C)
    • Kunigami:
      Hentona: , (hin)
      Iejima: , (phuni)
      Nago: , (phuni) (tone class C)
      Nakijin: , (phuni) (tone class C)
      Oku: , (hin)
      Sumuide: , (puni)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima:
      Naze: , (funï) (tone class C)
      Yamatohama: , (funï)
      Yuwan: , (funï)
    • Okinawan:
      Naha: , (funi)
      Shuri: , (funi) (tone class B)
    • Okinoerabu:
      Kamishiro: , (hīni) (tone class C)
      Serikaku: , (hinni)
      Tetechina: , (hini)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima:
      Koniya: , (funï)
      Shodon: , (funï) (tone class BC)
    • Tokunoshima:
      Asama: , (fūnï) (tone class C)
      Inō: , (funï)
      San: , (funï) (tone class C)
    • Yoron: , (puni) (tone class C)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako:
      Hirara: , (funi)
      Ikema: , (funi) (tone class C)
      Minna: , (funi) (tone class C)
      Nagahama: , (funi)
      Ōgami: , (funi)
      Ōura: , (funi) (tone class C)
      Sarahama: , (funi)
      Shiokawa: , (funi)
      Tarama: , (funi) (tone class C)
      Uechi: , (funi)
      Yonaha: , (funi)
    • Yaeyama:
      Hateruma: , (funi) (tone class BC)
      Ishigaki: , (funi) (tone class BC)
      Kuroshima: , (funi)
      Sonai: , (funi)
      Taketomi: , (funi) (tone class BC)
    • Yonaguni: , (nni) (tone class C)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 265-266