Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/posi

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *pəsi (“star, planet”).

Noun

*posi[1]

  2. star, planet
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 星 (pushi, fushi)
    • Kunigami: 星 (phushī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 星 (fushi)
    • Okinawan: 星 (fushi)
    • Okinoerabu: 星 (fushi, fushī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 星 (fushi, fush)
    • Tokunoshima: 星 (fusï)
    • Yoron: 星 (pushi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 星 (pusï)
    • Yaeyama: 星 (pusï)
    • Yonaguni: 星 (fuchi)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *pəsi (“wanted, desired”).

Adjective

*posi

  2. wanted, desired
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 欲しゃい (fushai), 欲さい (fusai)
    • Kunigami: 欲っしぇん (phusshen), 欲しぇん (-bushen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 欲しゃり (hoshari, -boshari)
    • Okinawan: 欲しゃん (fushan, -bushan), 欲さん (fusan, -busan)
    • Okinoerabu: 欲しゃん (fushan, -bushan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 欲しゃむっ (fusham, -busham)
    • Tokunoshima: 欲さい (fusai)
    • Yoron: 欲しゃん (pushan, -bushan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 欲す (pusï)
    • Yaeyama: 欲さーん (pusān)
    • Yonaguni: 欲さん (fusan, -busan)

References

  1. ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 334-335
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