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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.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

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

Noun

*tura[1]

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

Descendants
  • 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-Oshima: 面 (tsïra)
      • Okinawan: 面 (chira)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 面 (chira)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 面 (tsïra)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 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]

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2017) “Origins of the Japanese Language.”, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics.‎, →DOI
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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