Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/osagi

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 *wosanki (“rabbit”).

Noun

*osagi

1. hare, rabbit

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 烏撒及, 吾撒急 (usaki) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
  • Kikai: 兎 (usagi)
  • Kunigami: 兎 (fusāji)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (osagi)
  • Okinawan: 兎 (usaji)
  • Okinoerabu: 兎 (usagī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (usag)
  • Tokunoshima: 兎 (ushāgi)
  • Yoron: 兎 (usagi)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *usagi (Bentley, 2008b)
  • Miyako: 兎 (usagi)
  • Yaeyama: 兎 (ushāngï)
  • Yonaguni: 兎 (usangi)