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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuna

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 *tuna (rope).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuna/

Noun

*tuna

  1. rope

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: (ちなー, chinā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: (つぃな, tsïna)
    • Okinawan: (ちな, china)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: (ちなー, chinā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan
    • Miyako: (つぃな, tsïna)
    • Yaeyama: (つぃな, tsïna)
    • Yonaguni: (んな, nna)
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