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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *kusa (“grass”).
Noun
*kusa
- grass
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: 姑撒 (kusa) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
- Kikai: 草 (kusa, ssa)
- Kunigami: 草 (khusā)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 草 (kusa, xusa)
- Okinawan: 草 (kusa)
- Okinoerabu: 草 (kusa, kusā)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 草 (xsa)
- Tokunoshima: 草 (kusa)
- Yoron: 草 (kusa)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *kusa (Bentley, 2008b)
- Miyako: 草 (fusa)
- Yaeyama: 草 (fusa)
- Yonaguni: 草 (tsā)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *kusa (“smelly, stinky”).
Noun
*kusa
- smelly, stinky
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 臭ーせん (khusāsen)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 臭さり (kusasari)
- Okinawan: 臭さん (kusasan)
- Okinoerabu: 臭さん (kusasan)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 臭さむっ (xsāsam)
- Tokunoshima: 臭い (kusai)
- Yoron: 臭さん (kusasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 臭 (fusa)
- Yaeyama: 臭さーん (fusasān)
- Yonaguni: 臭ーん (tsān)