Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pune

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 *punai (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: C

Noun

*pune

1. boat

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai:

    Aden: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)

    Araki: 船, 舟 (punï) (tone class C)

    Kamikatetsu: 船, 舟 (puni) (tone class AB)

    Nakasato: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)

    Onotsu: 船, 舟 (punï) (tone class BC)

    Sakamine: 船, 舟 (puni) (tone class C)

    Shiomichi: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)

    Shitōke: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class BC)

    Wan: 船, 舟 (punï) (tone class C)

  • Kunigami:

    Hentona: 船, 舟 (hin)

    Iejima: 船, 舟 (phuni)

    Nago: 船, 舟 (phuni) (tone class C)

    Nakijin: 船, 舟 (phuni) (tone class C)

    Oku: 船, 舟 (hin)

    Sumuide: 船, 舟 (puni)

  • Northern Amami-Oshima:

    Naze: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class C)

    Yamatohama: 船, 舟 (funï)

    Yuwan: 船, 舟 (funï)

  • Okinawan:

    Naha: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Shuri: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class B)

  • Oki-No-Erabu:

    Kamishiro: 船, 舟 (hīni) (tone class C)

    Serikaku: 船, 舟 (hinni)

    Tetechina: 船, 舟 (hini)

  • Southern Amami-Oshima:

    Koniya: 船, 舟 (funï)

    Shodon: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class BC)

  • Toku-No-Shima:

    Asama: 船, 舟 (fūnï) (tone class C)

    Inō: 船, 舟 (funï)

    San: 船, 舟 (funï) (tone class C)

  • Yoron: 船, 舟 (puni) (tone class C)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Hirara: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Ikema: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)

    Minna: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)

    Nagahama: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Ōgami: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Ōura: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)

    Sarahama: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Shiokawa: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Tarama: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class C)

    Uechi: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Yonaha: 船, 舟 (funi)

  • Yaeyama:

    Hateruma: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class BC)

    Ishigaki: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class BC)

    Kuroshima: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Sonai: 船, 舟 (funi)

    Taketomi: 船, 舟 (funi) (tone class BC)

  • Yonaguni: 船, 舟 (nni) (tone class C)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 265-266