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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kudira

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words 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 *kuntira (“whale”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kudiɾa/

Noun

*kudira

  1. whale

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 鯨 (ぐんじゃ, gunja)
    • Okinawan: 鯨 (ぐじら, gujira)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 鯨 (ぐじや, gujiya)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 鯨 (ぐじりゃ, gujirya)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 鯨 (ぐんじゃ, gunja)
    • Yoron: 鯨 (ぐーじゃー, gūjā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 鯨 (ふづぁ, fudza)
    • Yaeyama: 鯨 (ふっつぁ, futtsa)
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