Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yoru

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.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

From *yo. Compare Proto-Japonic *piru (“day, daytime”) from *pi (“day”).

Noun

*yoru

night
Antonym: *piru (“daytime”)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 夜 (yo₁ru)
- Japanese: 夜 (yoru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yoru
- Northern Ryukyuan: 이우루 (/⁠i.u.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 夜 (yuru)
  - Kunigami: 夜 (yurū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 夜 (yuru)
  - Okinawan: 夜 (yuru)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 夜 (yuru, yurū)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 夜 (yuru)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 夜 (yuru)
  - Yoron: 夜 (yuru)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 夜 (yūz)
  - Yaeyama: 夜 (yūrï)
  - Yonaguni: 夜 (duru)

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