Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/osu

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

Reconstruction

Compare Yamagata Japanese おす (osu).

Noun

*osu

1. mortar

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 臼, 碓 (usu)
  • Japanese: 臼, 碓 (usu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *osu
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 臼, 碓 (usu)
    • Kunigami: 臼, 碓 (ushi, ushī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 臼, 碓 (usï)
    • Okinawan: 臼, 碓 (ūshi)
    • Okinoerabu: 臼, 碓 (ushi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 臼, 碓 (usï)
    • Tokunoshima: 臼, 碓 (usï)
    • Yoron: 臼, 碓 (ushi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 臼, 碓 (usï)
    • Yaeyama: 臼, 碓 (usï)
    • Yonaguni: 臼, 碓 (uchi)