Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pone

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 *pənay (“bone”).

Noun

*pone

  1. bone

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 骨 (funi, punï)
    • Kunigami: 骨 (phuni, phunī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 骨 (funi, funï)
    • Okinawan: 骨 (funi)
    • Okinoerabu: 骨 (funi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 骨 (funï)
    • Tokunoshima: 骨 (funï)
    • Yoron: 骨 (puni)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 骨 (puni)
    • Yaeyama: 骨 (puni)
    • Yonaguni: 骨 (funi)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983), Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 266
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