Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pusi

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.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

Perhaps a suffixed form of an earlier *pu, compare Old Japanese (ふ, pu).

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 2.3

Noun

*pusi

  1. joint

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (pusi)
    • Japanese: (fushi, Heian LL,[1] Tokyo 2 [LH(L)], Kyoto 2 [HL(L)], Kagoshima B [LH(L)][2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *pusi (tone class B, but see entry for notes)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (pushi)
      • Kunigami: (phushī /⁠pʰùɕĭː⁠/)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (fushi, bushi)
      • Okinawan: (fushi /⁠ɸùɕì⁠/)
      • Okinoerabu: (fushi /⁠ɸùɕí⁠/)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (bush /⁠búɕ̩⁠/)
      • Tokunoshima: (fusï /⁠ɸùsɨ́⁠/)
      • Yoron: (pushi /⁠pùɕí⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (fusï)
      • Yaeyama: (fusï, busï /⁠ɸù̥sɨ́, búsɨ́⁠/)
      • Yonaguni: (buchi /⁠bùtɕí, bùtɕî⁠/)

References

  1. ^ ふし 【節】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN