Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kezu

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 *kensu (“wound”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*kezu

1. wound

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: *kezu, *kezu-mono, *kizu
  • Kikai: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kizu)
  • Kunigami: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (khijī /⁠kʰìdʑíː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kizï), 傷物, 疵物, 瑕物, 創物 (xïnmuɴ)
  • Okinawan: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kiji /⁠kídʑì⁠/), 傷物, 疵物, 瑕物, 創物 (kijimun /⁠kìdʑìmùɴ⁠/)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kiji /⁠kìdʑíˑ⁠/)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kit)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kiji /⁠kìdʑɨ́ˑ⁠/)
  • Yoron: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kiji /⁠kìdʑì⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kizï)
  • Yaeyama: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kizï /⁠kídzɨ̀⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 傷, 疵, 瑕, 創 (kidi /⁠kìdí⁠/)