Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pukore

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 *pukoru (“to swell”).

Verb

*pukore

1. to swell

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 膨っきゆい (pukkiyui), 膨っきぃゆい (fukkïyui), 膨っきうい (pukkiui)
  • Kunigami: 膨っきん (phukkin)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 膨くりぃるり (fukurïruri)
  • Okinawan: 膨っくぃゆん (fukkwiyun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 膨くりゆん (fukuriyun)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 膨くっりぃゆむっ (fukrïyum)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 膨っくいぃりぃ (fukkwïrï)
  • Yoron: 膨くりゅん (fukuryun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 膨くりㇲ゙ (fukuriz)
  • Yaeyama: 膨くりん (fukurin), 膨くりるん (fukurirun)
  • Yonaguni: 膨くりるん (kkurirun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 337