Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/poso

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 *pəsə (“navel”).

Noun

*poso

1. navel

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu, fusu)
  • Kunigami: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (phusū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
  • Okinawan: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
  • Okinoerabu: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu, fusū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
  • Tokunoshima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fushu)
  • Yoron: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu)
  • Yaeyama: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu, pusï)
  • Yonaguni: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 310