Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kərəsu

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

May be an s-causative form of unattested *kəru (“to die”) (Thorpe 1983).

Verb

*kərəsu (infinitive *kərəsi)

to kill

Descendants

Old Japanese: ころす (ko₂ro₂su)
- Japanese: 殺す (korosu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *korosi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 殺すん (kurusun)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 殺っすり (xussuri)
  - Okinawan: 殺すん (kurusun)
  - Okinoerabu: 殺しゅん (kurushun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 殺っしゅむっ (kusshum)
  - Tokunoshima: 殺っしぃ (kusshï)
  - Yoron: 殺しゅん (furushun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 殺すぃ (kurusï)
  - Yaeyama: 殺しぃん (kurusïn)
  - Yonaguni: 殺ん (kurun)