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what is with japanese -ira replacing -ra in the late 1700s in words like koko-ra>koko-ira, soko-ra>soko-ira, doko-ra>doko-ira? analogy to chi <ti> "place" (e.g. kochira "right here")?

Found out that Dai Ryukyu-go Jiten now has Ishigaki-Shika dialect from Ishigaki Hogen Jiten (石垣方言辞典).
ryukyu-lang.lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

I believe Yonaguni tsˀá "surface" is derived from proto-Ryukyuan *pira "slope": *piɾa > *pˢɨsa > *tˢɨ̥sa > tsˀa. A possible deriative is tsândá "crushed flat", probably from *pira+pira > *piɾaᵐbiɾa > *pˢɨsaᵐbᶻɨza > tˢɨ̥sa-ⁿ-dᶻɨ̥za > *tsandza > tsanda. [more in replies]

My hypothesis is that Shuri kóː-nú-ɕíɕí "deer; venison" is loaned from Japanese ka during the process of changing Sino-Japanese diphthongs <-au> to <-a>, and *ka got hypercorrected to *kau. Otherwise, Japanese shika was loaned into basically every Ryukyuan dialect.

Old Okinawan words are from Shuzen HOKAMA (1995)'s 沖縄古語大辞典 (Okinawa Kogo Daijiten; Great Dictionary of pre-modern Okinawan).

Old Okinawan word for today. kuma "a village of ancient lineage". The word is cognate to Japanese kuma "river bend". The word likely persists in Yoron-Higashiku kùmá "rice divination", Ie-jima kʰùmǎː "gunwale", Irabu-Nakachi fuma "place; reliable person".

Dai Ryūkyū-go Jiten (大琉球語辞典) is an excellent resource for dictionaries of Ryukyuan dialects, including Amami-Yamatohama, Yoron-Higashiku, Ie-jima, Nakijin-Yonamine, Shuri, and Irabu-Nakachi. It can be found in the given link below.
ryukyu-lang.lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Old Okinawan word of the day: fairi (はいり) "vinegar"; modern cognates include Yoron-Higashiku pĕː, Ie-jima pʰéì, Nakijin-Yonamine pʰɛ̌ː, Shuri ɸĕːí, Ishigaki-Shika páíɾɨ́, Kabira pajaɾɨ, Taketomi péːɾù, Hatoma páíɾú, Hateruma pĕːɾú, Yonaguni háìɾì, etc.; more info in replies.

I'll post some daily Old Okinawan words here on Bluesky alongside X.

Most of my broadcast videos are uploaded here. I don't know if I'll post here this much.
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