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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
From Proto-Japonic *sawo (“pole”).
Noun
*sao
- pole
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Kunigami: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Okinawan: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Okinoerabu: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (so, sō)
- Tokunoshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau)
- Yoron: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau, sō)
- Yaeyama: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Yonaguni: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sū)
References
- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 318