Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pəsə

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

*pəsə: a navel.

Etymology

Might be cognate with Old Japanese 細し (poso₂si, “slender, thin”, modern 細い, hosoi), in reference to the thin size of a navel.

Might also be cognate with Middle Korean ᄇᆡᆺ복 (poyspwok, “navel”, Korean 배꼽 (baekkop, “navel”)). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*pəsə

1. navel

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 臍 (poso, note: no phonetic man'yōgana available)
  • Japanese: 臍 (heso)
  • Japanese: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (hozo)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *poso
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu, fusu)
    • Kunigami: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (phusū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
    • Okinawan: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu, fusū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fushu)
    • Yoron: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu)
    • Yaeyama: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu, pusï)
    • Yonaguni: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)