Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/osagi

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 *wosanki (“rabbit”).

Noun

*osagi

  1. hare, rabbit

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏撒及, 吾撒急 (usaki) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470), 우상기 (/⁠u.saŋ.ki⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 兎 (usagi)
    • Kunigami: 兎 (fusāji)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (osagi)
    • Okinawan: 兎 (usaji)
    • Okinoerabu: 兎 (usagī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (usag)
    • Tokunoshima: 兎 (ushāgi)
    • Yoron: 兎 (usagi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *usagi (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: 兎 (usagi)
    • Yaeyama: 兎 (ushāngï)
    • Yonaguni: 兎 (usangi)
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