Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/esi

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *esoy (stone).

Noun

*esi

  1. stone

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦石, 一實 (ishi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: (ishi)
    • Kunigami: (ishī, hishī, shī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (ishi)
    • Okinawan: (ishi)
    • Okinoerabu: (ishi, ishī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (ishi, ish)
    • Tokunoshima: (isï)
    • Yoron: (ishi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (isï)
    • Yaeyama: (ishi)
    • Yonaguni: (ichi)