Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoru

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 *yoru (“night”).

Noun

*yoru

1. night

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 이우루 (/⁠i.u.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 夜 (yuru)
  • Kunigami: 夜 (yurū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (yuru)
  • Okinawan: 夜 (yuru)
  • Okinoerabu: 夜 (yuru, yurū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (yuru)
  • Tokunoshima: 夜 (yuru)
  • Yoron: 夜 (yuru)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 夜 (yūz)
  • Yaeyama: 夜 (yūrï)
  • Yonaguni: 夜 (duru)