Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kure

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Japonic *kuru (“to give”).

Verb edit

*kure

to give

Descendants edit

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 呉りゆい (kuriyui)
- Kunigami: 呉ーるん (kīrun)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 呉りぃるり (kurïruri)
- Okinawan: 呉ゆん (kwiyun)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 呉りゆん (kuriyun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 呉りぃゆむっ (kurïyum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 呉ーりぃ (kwïïrï)
- Yoron: 呉りゅん (kuryun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 呉ーㇲ゙ (fīz)
- Yaeyama: 呉ーるん (hīrun)
- Yonaguni: 呉ゆん (hiyun)