Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sao

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 *sawo (“pole”).

Noun

*sao

1. pole

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
  • Kunigami: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
  • Okinawan: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
  • Okinoerabu: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (so, sō)
  • Tokunoshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau)
  • Yoron: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau, sō)
  • Yaeyama: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
  • Yonaguni: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sū)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 318