Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wara

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 *wara (“straw”).

Noun

*wara

1. straw

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 藁 (wara)
  • Kunigami: 藁 (warā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 藁 (wara)
  • Okinawan: 藁 (wara)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 藁 (wara)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 藁 (wara, warā)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 藁 (warā)
  • Yoron: 藁 (wara)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 藁 (bara)
  • Yaeyama: 藁 (bara)
  • Yonaguni: 藁 (bara)