Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yawasi-

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

Cognate with Japanese 飢し (yawashi, “hungry”, obsolete).

Adjective

*yawasi-

1. hungry

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 飢せん (yāsen)
  • Okinawan: 飢さん (yāsan)
  • Okinoerabu: 飢しゃん (yōshan)
  • Tokunoshima: 飢あん (yoan)
  • Yoron: 飢しゃん (yōshan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 飢す (yāsï)
  • Yaeyama: 飢さーん (yāsān)
  • Yonaguni: 飢さん (dāsan)

See also

• *yowa- (“weak”)