Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yoru

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

Etymology

From *yo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /joɾu/

Noun

*yoru

night

Descendants

Old Japanese: [script needed] (yo₁ru) (possible analogy with yo₁, or perhaps due to being bimorphemic)
- Japanese: 夜 (よる, yoru)
Ryukyuan: *yoru
- Northern Ryukyuan: 이우루 (yuru) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kunigami: 夜 (ゆるー, yurū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 夜 (ゆる, yuru)
  - Okinawan: 夜 (ゆる, yuru)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 夜 (ゆーㇲ゙, yūz)
  - Yaeyama: 夜 (ゆうーりぃ, yūrï)
  - Yonaguni: 夜 (どぅる, duru)