Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/posi

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *pəsi (“star, planet”).

Noun

*posi

2. star, planet

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 星 (pushi, fushi)
  • Kunigami: 星 (phushī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 星 (fushi)
  • Okinawan: 星 (fushi)
  • Okinoerabu: 星 (fushi, fushī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 星 (fushi, fush)
  • Tokunoshima: 星 (fusï)
  • Yoron: 星 (pushi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 星 (pusï)
  • Yaeyama: 星 (pusï)
  • Yonaguni: 星 (fuchi)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *pəsi (“wanted, desired”).

Adjective

*posi

2. wanted, desired

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 欲しゃい (fushai), 欲さい (fusai)
  • Kunigami: 欲っしぇん (phusshen), 欲しぇん (-bushen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 欲しゃり (hoshari, -boshari)
  • Okinawan: 欲しゃん (fushan, -bushan), 欲さん (fusan, -busan)
  • Okinoerabu: 欲しゃん (fushan, -bushan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 欲しゃむっ (fusham, -busham)
  • Tokunoshima: 欲さい (fusai)
  • Yoron: 欲しゃん (pushan, -bushan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 欲す (pusï)
  • Yaeyama: 欲さーん (pusān)
  • Yonaguni: 欲さん (fusan, -busan)