Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/osio

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 *o-sipo (“tide”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*osio

1. tide

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 潮 (ushu)
  • Kunigami: 潮 (fusū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 潮 (ushu)
  • Okinawan: 潮 (ushu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 潮 (ushu)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 潮 (ushū)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 潮 (ushu)
  • Yoron: 潮 (ushu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • ⇒ Yaeyama: 潮汁 (usuzuru) (< *osio-ziru)
  • Yonaguni: 潮 (usu)