Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sio

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 *sipo (“salt; tide”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*sio

1. tide

   Synonym: *osio

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 潮 (shū, sū)
  • Kunigami: 潮 (sū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 潮 (shū)
  • Okinawan: 潮 (shū)
  • Okinoerabu: 潮 (shū)
  • Tokunoshima: 潮 (shū)
  • Yoron: 潮 (shū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 潮 (sū, ssu)
  • Yaeyama: 潮 (sū)
  • Yonaguni: 潮 (sū)