Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sisi

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 *sisi (“beast; flesh, meat”).

Noun

*sisi

1. beast (particularly a game animal used for its meat)
2. flesh, meat (particularly animal)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 시시 (/⁠si.si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, āshishī)
  • Kunigami: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shī, shishī, mashīshi, mashinshi, mashishā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
  • Okinawan: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
  • Okinoerabu: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, shīshī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
  • Tokunoshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïsï, masïsï)
  • Yoron: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïïsï)
  • Yaeyama: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïsï)
  • Yonaguni: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (chichi)

See also

• *mi (“body; flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)”)