Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/enu

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This Proto-Japonic 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.
This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

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Reconstruction

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For the reconstruction of initial *e-, compare *inay (rice plant).

Noun

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*enu

  1. dog

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: , (inu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *enu
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦奴 (inu) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
      • Kikai: (in)
      • Kunigami: 犬子等 (innukwā) (< *enu-kura "puppy")
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (in)
      • Okinawan: (in)
      • Okinoerabu: (inu, inū)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (in)
      • Tokunoshima: (in, ïn)
      • Yoron: (inu)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *enu (Bentley, 2008b)
      • Miyako: (in)
      • Yaeyama: (in)
      • Yonaguni: (in, inu)

See also

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