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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *məsi (“if”).
Pronunciation
- Accent class: A (Okinawan and Southern Ryukyuan)/C (Northern Ryukyuan)
Adverb
*mosi
- if
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 若し (mushi /múɕì/)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 若し (moshi)
- Okinawan: 若し (mushi /múɕì/)
- Yoron: 若し (mushi /múɕí/)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *mosi, *mosi-ka
- ⇒ Miyako: 若すか (musï-ka)
- Yaeyama: 若しぃ (musï /músɨ̥̀/), 若しぃか (musï-ka /músɨ̥́-kà/)
- ⇒ Yonaguni: 若しかん (mushi-kan /mùɕí-káŋ/) (with irregular lack of fortition)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *mosi (“insect, bug; worm”).
Noun
*mosi
- insect, bug
- worm
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 虫 (mushi)
- Kunigami: 虫 (mushī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 虫 (mushi)
- Okinawan: 虫 (mushi)
- Okinoerabu: 虫 (mushī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 虫 (mush)
- Tokunoshima: 虫 (musï)
- Yoron: 虫 (mushi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 虫 (musï)
- Yaeyama: 虫 (musï)
- Yonaguni: 虫 (muchi)