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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/turu

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 *turu (“crane”).

Pronunciation
  • Tone class: A

Noun

*turu

  1. crane

Descendants
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 鶴 (turu)
      • Kunigami: 鶴 (chirū /⁠tɕìɾúː⁠/)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 鶴 (tsïru)
      • Okinawan: 鶴 (tsiru /⁠tsíɾù⁠/)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 鶴 (tsuru /⁠tsùɾú⁠/)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 鶴 (tïru /⁠tɨ̀ɾû⁠/)
      • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 鶴ん鳥 (tsïruntui) (< *turu-n-tui)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 鶴 (churu)
      • Yaeyama: 鶴 (tsïru /⁠tsɨ́ɾù⁠/)
      • ⇒ Yonaguni: 鶴鳩 (chiru-hatu /⁠tɕìɾû.hàtù⁠/) (< *turu-pato)
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