Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tosi

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 *təsi (“year”).

Noun

*tosi

  1. year

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 多失 (toshi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 年, 歳 (tushi)
    • Kunigami: 年, 歳 (tushī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 年, 歳 (tushi)
    • Okinawan: 年, 歳 (tushi)
    • Okinoerabu: 年, 歳 (tushi, tushī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 年, 歳 (tushi)
    • Tokunoshima: 年, 歳 (tusï)
    • Yoron: 年, 歳 (tushi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 351
  • Jarosz (2015) p. 609
  • Lin (2015) p. 90
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