Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/garasu
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Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *karasu (“crow”), with irregular voicing of the initial consonant.
The alternative reconstruction is due to forms ending in -a, but this must actually be a product of suffixing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Tone class: C
Noun[edit]
*garasu
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 烏, 鴉 (garasā)
- Kunigami: 烏, 鴉 (garāshi /gàɾàːɕí/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 烏, 鴉 (garasï)
- Okinawan: 烏, 鴉 (garasi /gàɾàsì/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 烏, 鴉 (garashi /gàɾàɕí/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 烏, 鴉 (gara /gáɾà/) (with irregular deletion of *-su; Thorpe (1983, 275) speculates this deletion was a remnant of this word being bimorphemic. See also the Proto-Japonic entry.)
- Yoron: 烏, 鴉 (garashi /gàɾàɕì/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Further reading[edit]
Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 273