Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tukur-

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

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Reconstruction

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Deletion of the second syllable in some Amami dialects and the Miyako forms point to *tukur-. Yaeyama and Yonaguni forms point to *tukor-, but there is no case of **tuku- changing to *tsïfu ~ *ffu in any Yaeyama dialect.

There is also Okinawan しこーゆん (shikōyun), attested in the Nantō Kayō, and Sanuki しこー (shikō, method).

Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *tukur- (to make).

Verb

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*tukur-

  1. to make

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 作ゅい (tsukkyui)
    • >? Kunigami: 作ーるん (shikōrun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 作るり (tsïkururi)
    • Okinawan: 作ゆん (tsukuyun, chukuyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 作ゆん (tsukuyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 作りゅむっ (θïkryum)
    • Tokunoshima: 作るい (tsïkurui)
    • Yoron: 作ゆん (chikuyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

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  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 303-304