Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nusi

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

*nusi

1. master

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 主 (nusi)
  • Japanese: 主 (nushi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *nusi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 主 (nushi)
    • Kunigami: 主 (nushi)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 主 (nushi)
    • Okinawan: 主 (nūshi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 主 (nushi)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 主 (nushī)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 主 (nūshi)
    • Yoron: 主 (nushi) (in compounds)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 主 (nusï)
    • Yaeyama: 主 (nusï)
    • Yonaguni: 主 (nuchi)