Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/masio

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 *sipo (“salt”), with pR prefix *ma- (“true”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: C < *A+B

Noun

*masio

1. salt

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 真塩 (mashu, masu)
  • Kunigami: 真塩 (masu /⁠másù⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 真塩 (mashu)
  • Okinawan: 真塩 (māshu /⁠màːɕù⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 真塩 (mashu /⁠màɕú⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 真塩 (mashu /⁠màɕùˑ⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 真塩 (mashu /⁠máɕù⁠/)
  • Yoron: 真塩 (mashu /⁠máɕú⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 真塩 (māsū)
  • Yaeyama: 真塩 (māsu /⁠máːsú⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 真塩 (masu /⁠màsû⁠/)