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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koruma

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 *koruma (“car; wheel”).

Noun

*koruma

  1. car
  2. wheel

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 車 (kuruma, kunma)
    • Kunigami: 車 (kurumā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 車 (kunma)
    • Okinawan: 車 (kuruma)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 車 (kuruma, kurma)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 車 (-guruma) (only as a suffix)
    • Yoron: 車 (-guruma) (only as a suffix)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 車 (kuruma)
    • Yaeyama: 車 (kuruma)
    • Yonaguni: 車 (kuruma)
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