Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sisi

This Proto-Japonic 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.

*sisi

1. beast (particularly a game animal used for its meat)
2. flesh, meat (particularly animal)

• Old Japanese: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sisi)
  • Japanese: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *sisi
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 시시 (/⁠si.si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, āshishī)
    • Kunigami: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shī, shishī, mashīshi, mashinshi, mashishā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
    • Okinawan: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
    • Okinoerabu: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, shīshī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
    • Tokunoshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïsï, masïsï)
    • Yoron: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïïsï)
    • Yaeyama: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïsï)
    • Yonaguni: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (chichi)

• *muy (“body; flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)”)