Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kura

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuɾa/

Adjective

*kura

dark

Descendants

Old Japanese: [Term?]
- Japanese: 暗い (くらい, kurai)
Ryukyuan: *kura
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 暗ーせん (く゚らーせん, kurāsen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 暗さり (くらさり, kurasari)
  - Okinawan: 暗さん (くらさん, kurasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 暗 (っふぁ, ffa)
  - Yaeyama: 暗さん (っふぁさん, ffasan)
  - Yonaguni: 暗ん (ふらん, furan)