Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/asi

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 *asi (“foot, leg”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*asi

1. foot, leg (of a pig)
2. base of a mountain
3. the bottom end of a net

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 足, 脚 (ashi)
  • Kunigami: 足, 脚 (hashī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 足, 脚 (ashi)
  • Okinawan: 足, 脚 (ashi)
  • Yoron: 足, 脚 (ashi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 足, 脚 (asï)
  • Yaeyama: 足, 脚 (asï)
  • Yonaguni: 足, 脚 (achi)