Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tokoro

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 *təkərə (“place”), from *tə (“place”).

Noun

*tokoro

1. place

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 所 (θukuru)
  • Kunigami: 所 (thukurū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 所 (θoro)
  • Okinawan: 所 (tukuru)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 所 (tukuru)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 所 (θuro)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 所 (tukuru)
  • Yoron: 所 (tukuru)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 所 (tukuru)
  • Yaeyama: 所 (tukuru)
  • Yonaguni: 所 (tuguru)