Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kərəsu

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

Etymology

May be an s-causative form of unattested *kəru (“to die”) (Thorpe 1983).

Verb

*kərəsu (infinitive *kərəsi)

1. to kill

Descendants

• Old Japanese: ころす (ko₂ro₂su)
  • Japanese: 殺す (korosu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *korosi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 殺すん (kurusun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 殺っすり (xussuri)
    • Okinawan: 殺すん (kurusun)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 殺しゅん (kurushun)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 殺っしゅむっ (kusshum)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 殺っしぃ (kusshï)
    • Yoron: 殺しゅん (furushun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 殺すぃ (kurusï)
    • Yaeyama: 殺しぃん (kurusïn)
    • Yonaguni: 殺ん (kurun)