Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuno

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 *tuno (“horn”).

Noun

*tuno

1. horn

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 角 (tunu)
  • Kunigami: 角 (chinū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 角 (tsïno)
  • Okinawan: 角 (chinu)
  • Okinoerabu: 角 (chinu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 角 (tïno)
  • Tokunoshima: 角 (tsïno)
  • Yoron: 角 (chinu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 角 (tsïnu)
  • Yaeyama: 角 (tsunu)
  • Yonaguni: 角 (nnun)