Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/enu

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

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Reconstruction

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For the reconstruction of initial *e-, compare *ine (rice plant).

Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *enu (dog).

Noun

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*enu

  1. dog

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦奴 (inu) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: (in)
    • Kunigami: 犬子等 (innukwā) (< *enu-kura "puppy")
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: (in)
    • Okinawan: (in)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: (inu, inū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: (in)
    • Toku-No-Shima: (in, ïn)
    • Yoron: (inu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *enu (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: (in)
    • Yaeyama: (in)
    • Yonaguni: (in, inu)

References

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