Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pusi

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 *pusi (“joint”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B
  • The forms with voiced b- have irregular accent, typically pointing to tone class A, although the Yonaguni accent has been interpreted in sources as either A [LH(H)] or C [LF ~ LH(L)].

Noun

*pusi

1. joint

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 節 (pushi)
  • Kunigami: 節 (phushī /⁠pʰùɕĭː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 節 (fushi, bushi)
  • Okinawan: 節 (fushi /⁠ɸùɕì⁠/)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 節 (fushi /⁠ɸùɕí⁠/)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 節 (bush /⁠búɕ̩⁠/)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 節 (fusï /⁠ɸùsɨ́⁠/)
  • Yoron: 節 (pushi /⁠pùɕí⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 節 (fusï)
  • Yaeyama: 節 (fusï, busï /⁠ɸù̥sɨ́, búsɨ́⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 節 (buchi /⁠bùtɕí, bùtɕî⁠/)