Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sora
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Japonic *sora (“sky”).
Igarashi (2022)[1] considers the meaning of this item to be "treetop" and the modern languages reflect this meaning, stating "[...] pR *sora does not have a meaning ‘sky,’ which is indicated instead by a Chinese loan pR *ten A." The modern forms with the meaning "sky" can probably be reasonably regarded as Japanese loanwords.
Pronunciation
editTone class: C
Noun
edit*sora
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
edit- ^ Igarashi, Yosuke. "Reconstruction of Ryukyuan tone classes of Middle Japanese Class 2.4 and 2.5 nouns".