Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuno

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 *tuno (“horn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuno/

Noun

*tuno

horn

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 角 (とぅぬ, tunu)
- Kunigami: 角 (ちぬー, chinū)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 角 (つぃの, tsïno)
- Okinawan: 角 (ちぬ, chinu)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 角 (ちぬ, chinu)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 角 (とぃの, tïno)
- Toku-No-Shima: 角 (つぃの, tsïno)
- Yoron: 角 (ちぬ, chinu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 角 (つぃぬ, tsïnu)
- Yaeyama: 角 (つぃぬ, tsïnu)
- Yonaguni: 角 (んぬん, nnun)