Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kokoro

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 *kəkərə (“heart”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: B

Noun

*kokoro

heart

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai:
  Kamikatetsu: 心 (xukuru) (tone class AB)
  
  Nakasato: 心 (kukuru) (tone class AB)
  
  Sakamine: 心 (xukuru) (tone class AB)
  
  Shitōke: 心 (kukuru) (tone class BC)
  
  Wan: 心 (kukuru) (tone class AB)
- Kunigami:
  Hentona: 心 (kukhuru)
  
  Iheya: 心 (kukhurū)
  
  Kudaka: 心 (fukuru)
  
  Nakijin: 心 (khukūru) (tone class BC)
  
  Oku: 心 (kukhuru)
- Northern Amami-Oshima:
  Naze: 心 (xōro)
  
  Sani: 心 (xōro)
  
  Yamatohama: 心 (xohoro)
  
  Yuwan: 心 (xūru)
- Okinawan:
  Shuri: 心 (kukuru) (tone class BC)
- Oki-No-Erabu:
  Serikaku: 心 (kukurū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima:
  Koniya: 心 (xuhoro)
  
  Shodon: 心 (xohoro) (tone class BC)
- Toku-No-Shima:
  Inō: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Isen: 心 (xukuru)
  
  Kametsu: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Matsubara: 心 (xukuru) (tone class B)
  
  San: 心 (kukuru)
- Yoron: 心 (kukuru)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
  Hirara: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Irabu: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Minna: 心 (kukuru) (tone class C)
  
  Sawada: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Tarama: 心 (kukuru) (tone class C)
- Yaeyama:
  Hateruma: 心 (kukuru) (tone class BC)
  
  Hatoma: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Ishigaki: 心 (kukuru) (tone class BC)
  
  Kohama: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Kuroshima: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Sonai: 心 (kukuru)
  
  Taketomi: 心 (kukuru) (tone class BC)
- Yonaguni: 心 (kuguru) (tone class B)

References

Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 294-295

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