Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kusori

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 *kusori (“medicine”).

Noun

*kusori

1. medicine

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 薬 (kusui)
  • Kunigami: 薬 (khusui)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 薬 (kusuri, xusuri)
  • Okinawan: 薬 (kusui)
  • Okinoerabu: 薬 (kusui, kusuī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 薬 (xusur)
  • Tokunoshima: 薬 (kusïri, kushuri, kushuï)
  • Yoron: 薬 (kusui)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 薬 (fusūz)
  • Yaeyama: 薬 (fushirï) (< *kuseri)
  • Yonaguni: 薬 (tsuri)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 305