Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/usiro

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 *osirə (“back, behind”).

Noun

*usiro

1. back, behind

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Okinawan:

    Shuri: 後 (ushiru, “nape of neck”) (tone class BC)

  • Okinoerabu:

    Kamihirakawa: 後 (ushu)

    Kunigami: 後 (ushu)

    Tamina: 後 (ushū)

  • Southern Amami Ōshima:

    Shodon: 後 (ushryo)

  • Yoron:

    Mugiya: 後 (ussū)

• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Hirara: 後 (ussu)

    Minna: 後頭部 (usshu, “occiput”) (tone class C)

  • Yaeyama:

    Aragusuku: 後頭部 (ussōn) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))

    Hateruma: 後頭部 (ussu), 後頭部 (usson) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))

    Ishigaki: 後頭部 (uson) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))

    Kuroshima: 後頭部 (uson) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))

    Taketomi: 後頭部 (ushon) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))

  • Yonaguni: 後頭部 (usungai) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))