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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kusori (“medicine”).

Noun

*kusori

  1. medicine

Descendants

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

References

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