Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/Osi

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *Osi (“cattle”).

Noun

*Osi

1. cattle
   1. cow
   2. ox

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 우시 (/⁠usi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 牛 (ushi)
  • Kunigami: 牛 (fushī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 牛 (ushi)
  • Okinawan: 牛 (ushi)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 牛 (ushī)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 牛 (us)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 牛 (usï)
  • Yoron: 牛 (ushi)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *usi (Robbeets, 2021)
  • Miyako: 牛 (usï)
  • Yaeyama: 牛 (usï)
  • Yonaguni: 牛 (uchi)

References

• Lin (2015)