Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tukur-

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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

Reconstruction

Deletion of the second syllable in some Amami dialects and the Miyako forms point to *tukur-. Yaeyama and Yonaguni forms point to *tukor-, but there is no case of **tuku- changing to *tsïfu ~ *ffu in any Yaeyama dialect.

There is also Okinawan しこーゆん (shikōyun), attested in the Nantō Kayō, and Sanuki しこー (shikō, “method”).

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *tukur- (“to make”).

Verb

*tukur-

  1. to make

Descendants

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 303-304
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