Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əru

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 1

Verb

*əru (infinitive *əri)

to weave

Descendants

Old Japanese: 織 (oru)
- Japanese: 織る (oru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ori
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 織ゆい (uyui)
  - Kunigami: 織ん (un)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 織るり (ururi)
  - Okinawan: 織ゆん (uyun)
  - Okinoerabu: 織ゆん (uyun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 織ゆむっ (uyum)
  - Tokunoshima: 織るい (urui)
  - Yoron: 織ゆん (uyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 織イ゚ (uɿ)
  - Yaeyama: 織るん (urun)
  - Yonaguni: 織るん (urun)

Etymology 2

Verb

*əru (infinitive *ərəy)

to descend

Descendants

Old Japanese: 下 (oru)
- Japanese: 下りる (oriru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ore
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 下りゆい, 降りゆい (uriyui)
  - Kunigami: 下りるん, 降りるん (urirun)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 下りぃるり, 降りぃるり (urïruri)
  - Okinawan: 下りゆん, 降りゆん (uriyun)
  - Okinoerabu: 下りゆん, 降りゆん (uriyun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 下りゆむっ, 降りゆむっ (uriyum), 下りぃゆむっ, 降りぃゆむっ (urïyum)
  - Tokunoshima: 下りぃりぃ, 降りぃりぃ (urïrï)
  - Yoron: 下りゅん, 降りゅん (uryun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 下りーㇲ゙, 降りーㇲ゙ (urīz)
  - Yaeyama: 下りん, 降りん (urin), 下りるん, 降りるん (urirun)
  - Yonaguni: 下りるん, 降りるん (urirun)