Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sisi

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 *sisi (“beast; flesh, meat”).

Noun

*sisi

  1. beast (particularly a game animal used for its meat)
  2. flesh, meat (particularly animal)

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 시시 (/⁠si.si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, āshishī)
    • Kunigami: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shī, shishī, mashīshi, mashinshi, mashishā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
    • Okinawan: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
    • Okinoerabu: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, shīshī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
    • Tokunoshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïsï, masïsï)
    • Yoron: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

See also

  • *mi (“body; flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)”)
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