Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/esi

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 *esoy (“stone”).

Noun

*esi

1. stone

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 亦石, 一實 (ishi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 石 (ishi)
  • Kunigami: 石 (ishī, hishī, shī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 石 (ishi)
  • Okinawan: 石 (ishi)
  • Okinoerabu: 石 (ishi, ishī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 石 (ishi, ish)
  • Tokunoshima: 石 (isï)
  • Yoron: 石 (ishi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 石 (isï)
  • Yaeyama: 石 (ishi)
  • Yonaguni: 石 (ichi)