Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sirosi

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 *sirosi (“mark, sign”).

Noun

*sirosi

1. mark, sign

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 印 (shirushi)
  • Kunigami: 印 (shirūshi)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 印 (shirushi)
  • Okinawan: 印 (shirushi)
  • Okinoerabu: 印 (shirushi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 印 (shiryushi, shiryush)
  • Tokunoshima: 印 (shirushi)
  • Yoron: 印 (shirushi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 印 (sïrusï)
  • Yaeyama: 印 (shirusï)
  • Yonaguni: 印 (chiruchi)