Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/garasu

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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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *karasu (crow), with irregular voicing of the initial consonant.

The alternative reconstruction is due to forms ending in -a, but this must actually be a product of suffixing.

Pronunciation

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  • Tone class: C

Noun

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*garasu

  1. crow

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: , (garasā)
    • Kunigami: , (garāshi /⁠gàɾàːɕí⁠/)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: , (garasï)
    • Okinawan: , (garasi /⁠gàɾàsì⁠/)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: , (garashi /⁠gàɾàɕí⁠/)
    • Toku-No-Shima: , (gara /⁠gáɾà⁠/) (with irregular deletion of *-su; Thorpe (1983, 275) speculates this deletion was a remnant of this word being bimorphemic. See also the Proto-Japonic entry.)
    • Yoron: , (garashi /⁠gàɾàɕì⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: , (garasa)
    • Yaeyama: , (garasï /⁠gárásɨ́⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: , (garachi /⁠gàɾátɕî⁠/)

Further reading

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Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 273