Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/osagi

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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 *wosanki (rabbit).

Noun

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*osagi

  1. hare, rabbit

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏撒及, 吾撒急 (usaki) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
    • Kikai: (usagi)
    • Kunigami: (fusāji)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (osagi)
    • Okinawan: (usaji)
    • Okinoerabu: (usagī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (usag)
    • Tokunoshima: (ushāgi)
    • Yoron: (usagi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *usagi (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: (usagi)
    • Yaeyama: (ushāngï)
    • Yonaguni: (usangi)