Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pusi

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 *pusi (“joint”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: B
    • The forms with voiced b- have irregular accent, typically pointing to tone class A, although the Yonaguni accent has been interpreted in sources as either A [LH(H)] or C [LF ~ LH(L)].

Noun

*pusi

  1. joint

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 節 (pushi)
    • Kunigami: 節 (phushī /⁠pʰùɕĭː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 節 (fushi, bushi)
    • Okinawan: 節 (fushi /⁠ɸùɕì⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: 節 (fushi /⁠ɸùɕí⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 節 (bush /⁠búɕ̩⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: 節 (fusï /⁠ɸùsɨ́⁠/)
    • Yoron: 節 (pushi /⁠pùɕí⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 節 (fusï)
    • Yaeyama: 節 (fusï, busï /⁠ɸù̥sɨ́, búsɨ́⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 節 (buchi /⁠bùtɕí, bùtɕî⁠/)
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