< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoru
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *yoru (“night”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joɾu/
Noun
*yoru
- night
Descendants
- 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)