Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kutu

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

Adjective

*kutu

1. painful

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: くとぅーさい (kutūsai), くつーさい (kutsūsai)
  • Kunigami: くちせん (khuchisen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: くつぃなさり (kutsïnasari)
  • Okinawan: くちさん (kuchisan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: くつぃさん (kutsïsan)
  • Yonaguni: くちさん (kuchisan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *kutu (“shoe”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*kutu

1. shoe
2. straw sandals

Descendants

• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama:

    Hateruma: 靴 (fuchi) (tone class BC)

    Ishigaki: 草鞋 (futsï) (tone class BC (LH tone))

    Kabira: 靴 (futsï)

  • Yonaguni: 草鞋 (c'i) (tone class B)

Further reading

• Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 832