Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/korosi

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 *kərəsu (“to kill”).

Verb

*korosi

1. to kill

Descendants

• 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)