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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 *su (“nest”).
Noun
*su
- nest
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: ᄉᆞ (sɒ) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai: 巣 (sū)
- Kunigami: 巣 (shī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 巣 (sï, shi)
- Okinawan: 巣 (shī)
- Okinoerabu: 巣 (shī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 巣 (sïï)
- Tokunoshima: 巣 (sïï)
- Yoron: 巣 (shī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 巣 (sïï)
- Yaeyama: 巣 (sïï)
- Yonaguni: 巣 (chī)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *su (“vinegar”).
Noun
*su
- vinegar
- Synonyms: *pairi, *amazake
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: ᅀᆞ우 (/zɒ.u/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kunigami: 酢 (shī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 酢 (shi, sïï)
- Okinawan: 酢 (shī)
- Okinoerabu: 酢 (shī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 酢 (sïï)
- Tokunoshima: 酢 (sï)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 酢 (sïï)
- Yaeyama: 酢 (sïï)
- Yonaguni: 酢 (chi)