Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/siro

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

*siro

white

Antonyms

*kuro

Descendants

Old Japanese: 白 (siro₁)
- Japanese: 白 (shiro), 白い (shiroi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *siro
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 白 (shiru), 白さい (shirusai)
  - Kunigami: 白 (shirū), 白ーしぇん (shirūshen)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 白 (shiru), 白さり (shirusari)
  - Okinawan: 白 (shiru), 白さん (shirusan)
  - Okinoerabu: 白 (shū), 白さん (shūsan)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 白 (shiryu), 白さむっ (shiryusam)
  - Tokunoshima: 白 (sïru), 白ーい (sïrōi)
  - Yoron: 白 (sū), 白さん (sūsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 白 (ssu)
  - Yaeyama: 白 (sïsu), 白さん (sïsusan)
  - ⇒ Yonaguni: 白だり (tsudari)