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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/osiro

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 *usirə (“back, behind”).

Noun

*osiro

  1. back, behind

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 後す (ussu)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 後ろ (ushiro)
    • Okinawan: 後る (ushiru)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 後ゅー (ushū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 後りょ (ushryo)
    • Yoron: 後すー (ussū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 後す (ussu)
    • Yaeyama: 後そん (uson) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))
    • Yonaguni: 後か゚い (usungai) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))
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