Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tosi

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 *təsi (“year”).

Noun

*tosi

1. year

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 多失 (toshi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 年, 歳 (tushi)
  • Kunigami: 年, 歳 (tushī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 年, 歳 (tushi)
  • Okinawan: 年, 歳 (tushi)
  • Okinoerabu: 年, 歳 (tushi, tushī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 年, 歳 (tushi)
  • Tokunoshima: 年, 歳 (tusï)
  • Yoron: 年, 歳 (tushi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 年, 歳 (tusï)
  • Yaeyama: 年, 歳 (tusï)
  • Yonaguni: 年, 歳 (tuchi)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 351
• Jarosz (2015) p. 609
• Lin (2015) p. 90