Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kezu

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 *kensu (wound).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Noun

*kezu

  1. wound

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: *kezu, *kezu-mono, *kizu
    • Kikai: , , , (kizu), 傷物, 疵物, 瑕物, 創物 (hinmun)
    • Kunigami: , , , (khijī /⁠kʰìdʑíː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: , , , (kizï), 傷物, 疵物, 瑕物, 創物 (xïnmuɴ)
    • Okinawan: , , , (kiji /⁠kídʑì⁠/), 傷物, 疵物, 瑕物, 創物 (kijimun /⁠kìdʑìmùɴ⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: , , , (kiji /⁠kìdʑíˑ⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: , , , (kit)
    • Tokunoshima: , , , (kiji /⁠kìdʑɨ́ˑ⁠/)
    • Yoron: , , , (kiji /⁠kìdʑì⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: