Reconstruction talk:Proto-Japonic/kora

Old Okinawan
According to the 2021 source, the Ryukyuan words derive from *kura that went early contraction. Kwékwlos (talk) 12:37, 4 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Source? Chuterix (talk) 20:22, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Kwékwlos Chuterix (talk) 20:22, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The Language of the Old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi Kwékwlos (talk) 20:24, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * See footnote under page 54 Kwékwlos (talk) 20:25, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Mistaken reconstruction
The Ryukyuan /kwa/ reflex is cognate with Japanese, amply attested in Old Japanese. This is analyzable as a compound of 🇨🇬 +.

The Jlect entry for Okinawan kkwa even explicitly calls out this cognacy: https://www.jlect.com/entry/2824/kkwa/

We also see Japanese makura ("pillow") corresponding with Okinawan makkwa, demonstrating a similar shift in -kura → -kkwa.

I have encountered no other sources reconstructing ku(w)a for Proto-Japonic.

This entry appears to be an error. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 21:04, 5 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @Chuterix, thank you for your.
 * However, the problem persists -- the Proto-Japonic precursor of 🇨🇬 cannot be any putative ku(r)a form, but rather simply ko or ku (depending on the reconstruction of the Proto precursor of OJP ). The (r)a is from 🇨🇬, a wholly separate morpheme.
 * There might well be grounds for reconstructing a Proto-Japonic term kura -- but in that case, this Proto term would be a precursor to 🇨🇬, not . ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 05:18, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I have fixed the descendants list to point to OJP and JA 子等 instead. We will need a separate JPX-PRO entry for the ancestor to OJP / JA 子 (ko₁). ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 19:51, 31 May 2023 (UTC)