Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kusori

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *kusori (medicine).

Noun

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*kusori

  1. medicine

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (kusui)
    • Kunigami: (khusui)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (kusuri, xusuri)
    • Okinawan: (kusui)
    • Okinoerabu: (kusui, kusuī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (xusur)
    • Tokunoshima: (kusïri, kushuri, kushuï)
    • Yoron: (kusui)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (fusūz)
    • Yaeyama: (fushirï) (< *kuseri)
    • Yonaguni: (tsuri)

References

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  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 305