Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tora

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 *tora (“tiger”).

Noun

*tora

1. tiger

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 它喇 (tora) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 虎 (tura) (in compounds)
  • Kunigami: 虎 (thurā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 虎 (θora)
  • Okinawan: 虎 (tura)
  • Okinoerabu: 虎 (tura) (in compounds)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 虎 (θura, θurā)
  • Tokunoshima: 虎 (turā)
  • Yoron: 虎 (tura)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 虎 (tura)
  • Yaeyama: 虎 (tura)
  • Yonaguni: 虎 (tura)