Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/makura

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *makura (“pillow”).

Noun

*makura

1. pillow

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 枕 (makka)
  • Kunigami: 枕 (makkā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 枕 (makura)
  • Okinawan: 枕 (makkwa)
  • Okinoerabu: 枕 (makura)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 枕 (makra)
  • Tokunoshima: 枕 (makkwa)
  • Yoron: 枕 (makkura)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 枕 (maffa)
  • Yaeyama: 枕 (maffa)
  • Yonaguni: 枕 (magura)