犬

Canis familiaris
Canis familiaris#Translingual


馬

First attested in the Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ (琉球館譯語), 1469-1470, as 烏馬 (uma).
In turn, from Proto-Ryukyuan *Mma, from Proto-Japonic *Cma.
Cognate with Japanese 馬 (uma).

馬(っんま)ー草(くさ)食(か)むん。


人

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pito (“person; human”), from Proto-Japonic *pitə (“person; human”).


熊

Cognate with Japanese 熊 (kuma, “bear”) and Korean 곰 (gom).


牛

From Proto-Ryukyuan *usi, from Proto-Japonic *usi.


狐

狐 ^ (canonical)
chichini (romanization)
titwini (romanization)
ちつィに (hiragana historical)
ちちに (hiragana)

/*kitune/ → /t͡ɕit͡sini/ → /t͡ɕit͡ɕini/
Cognate with Japanese 狐 (kitsune).
Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ちつィに. The phonemes /t͡si/ and /t͡ɕi/ converged in Okinawan during the 20th century.


狸

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as たぬき.


男

Possibly from Japanese 男 (otoko, “man”).


蟹

Cognate with Japanese 蟹(かに) (kani). Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).


豚

/ʔuwaː/ → /ʔwaː/
From Proto-Ryukyuan *uwa. Cognate with Yoron っわー ('wā, “pig”), Tokunoshima っわー ('wā, “pig”), Miyako わー (wā, vā, “pig”), Yaeyama おー (ō, “pig”), Yonaguni わー (wā, “pig”).
Likely not related to Japanese 豚 (buta, “pig, swine, hog”).


魚

/ʔiu/ → /ʔiːu/ → /ʔiju/
Shift from iu below.

魚(いゆ)取(とぅ)いが行(い)ちゅん。


魚

From Proto-Ryukyuan *io, from Proto-Japonic *iwo, apophonic form of *uwo. Cognate with Old Japanese 魚 (uwo).
Compare modern dialectal mainland Japanese 魚 (io), first appearing in print and becoming common from the Heian period, but likely extant earlier.


鯱

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鯱 (shachi).


鳥

Second grade kyōiku kanji (romanization)


鳥

From Proto-Ryukyuan *tori, from Proto-Japonic *təri. Cognate with Japanese 鳥 (tori).


鶴

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *turum.
Cognate with Japanese 鶴 (tsuru).

a crane (large, long-legged and long-necked bird of the family Gruidae)


鼠

ryu-noun

鼠(っゑんちゅ) or 鼠(ゑんちゅ) or 鼠(えんちゅ) ('wenchu or wenchu or enchu)

鼠 (canonical)
'wenchu (romanization)
wenchu (romanization)
enchu (romanization)
っゑんちゅゑんちゅえんちゅ (hiragana)

Compound of 親 (っゑー, 'wee, “parent”) + ん (“n”, reduced genitive particle) + 人 (ちゅ, -chu, “person”)


蜘蛛

ryu-head

蜘蛛(くーばー) (kūbā)


蝙蝠

蝙蝠(かーぶやー) (kābuyā)

a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)


海豚

海豚(ふぃーとぅ) (fītu)


珊瑚

Cognate with Japanese 珊(さん)瑚(ご) (sango).


水牛

Compound of 水 (miji, “water”) + 牛 (ushi, “cow”).


黒猫

Compound of 黒 (kuru, “black”) + 猫 (mayā, “cat”).


波布

Cognate with mainland Japanese 蛇(へび) (hebi, “snake”).


水鶏

Rallus aquaticus
Rallus aquaticus#Translingual


山原水鶏

Yanbaru kumirā (romanization)
やんばるくみらー (hiragana)

From 山原 (Yanbaru, forested mountainous area in northern part of Okinawa Island) + 水鶏 (kumirā, “water rail”).

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Gallirallus okinawae
Gallirallus okinawae#Translingual


やんばるくみらー

Compound of 山原 (yanbaru, “Yanbaru”) + 水鶏 (-kumirā, “water bird”) + *あー (*-ā, person suffix).

suffix

山原水鶏: an Okinawa rail, Gallirallus okinawae, endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan.


田魚

Carassius carassius
Carassius carassius#Translingual


とぅら

Extension of とぅら (tura, “tiger”). Compare Japanese 寅 (tora).

1531-1623, Omoro Sōshi, volume 11, poem 596
とらうの　時　かみか　時／けおの　時よさは
tora-u-no TOKI kami-ga TOKI / keo-no TOKIyosaya
The time of Tiger and Rabbit, the time of the gods; today's good times...

Ryūka Zenshū
とらの方の　風に　とらの　日に　出ぢやち　とらの　走り　しめて　とらの　門口
tora-no FA-no KAJI-ni / tora-no FI-ni Ijachi / tora-no FAri shimete / tora-no JOGUCHI tura-nu-ha-nu kaji-ni / tura-nu fi-ni ijachi / tura-nu hari shimiti / tura-nu joguchi
The wind of the Tiger hour; the day of the Tiger comes; the tiger finishes running; the gateway of the tiger.

寅: Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac)


浜千鳥

hamachiduri (romanization)
どぅり (hiragana)


やままやー

やま (yama, “mountain, wild”) + まやー (mayaa, “cat”)