Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kusa

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Japonic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kusa/

Noun

*kusa

grass

Descendants

Old Japanese: 草 (kusa)
- Japanese: 草 (kusa)
Ryukyuan: *kusa
- Northern Ryukyuan: 姑撒 (kusa) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
  - Kikai: 草 (くさ, kusa, っさ, ssa)
  - Kunigami: 草 (くさー, khusā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 草 (くさ, kusa)
  - Okinawan: 草 (くさ, kusa)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 草 (くさ, kusa)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 草 (く゚さ, xusa)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 草 (くさ, kusa)
  - Yoron: 草 (くさ, kusa)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *kusa (Bentley, 2008)
  - Miyako: 草 (ふさ, fusa)
  - Yaeyama: 草 (ふさ, fusa)
  - Yonaguni: 草 (つぁー, tsā)

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