Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nusi

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

Noun

*nusi

master

Descendants

Old Japanese: 主 (nusi)
- Japanese: 主 (nushi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *nusi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 主 (nushi)
  - Kunigami: 主 (nushi)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 主 (nushi)
  - Okinawan: 主 (nūshi)
  - Okinoerabu: 主 (nushi)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 主 (nushī)
  - Tokunoshima: 主 (nūshi)
  - Yoron: 主 (nushi) (in compounds)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 主 (nusï)
  - Yaeyama: 主 (nusï)
  - Yonaguni: 主 (nuchi)