Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/siro

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

Noun

*siro

1. white

Antonyms

• *kuro

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 白 (siro₁)
  • Japanese: 白 (shiro), 白い (shiroi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *siro
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 白 (shiru), 白さい (shirusai)
    • Kunigami: 白 (shirū), 白ーせん (shirūsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 白 (shiru), 白さり (shirusari)
    • Okinawan: 白 (shiru), 白さん (shirusan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 白 (shū), 白さん (shūsan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 白 (shiryu), 白さむっ (shiryusam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 白 (sïru), 白さい (sïrusai)
    • Yoron: 白 (sū), 白さん (sūsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 白 (ssu)
    • Yaeyama: 白 (sïsu), 白さん (sïsusan)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 白だり (tsudari)