Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kə-re

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

From *kə-.

Pronoun

*kə-re

1. this (nominalized)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 此れ (ko₂re)
  • Japanese: 此れ (kore)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kore
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 此り (furi)
    • Kunigami: 此りー (furī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 此れぃ (xurï)
    • Okinawan: 此り (kuri)
    • Okinoerabu: 此り (furi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 此り (xuri), 此るっ (xur) (< *kori)
    • Tokunoshima: 此り (xuri, kuri), 此れぃ (xurï)
    • Yoron: 此り (furi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 此り (kuri), 此い (kui)
    • Yaeyama: 此り (kuri)
    • >? Yonaguni: 此 (kū)