Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pəsi

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Reconstruction

The /ə/ in this word is reconstructed on the basis of the modern Japanese descendant 星 (hoshi); if that vowel were /o/, it would have resulted in modern Japanese *fushi instead of hoshi.

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Korean 별 (byeol).

Noun

*pəsi

star, planet

Descendants

Old Japanese: 星 (posi)
- Japanese: 星 (hoshi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *posi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 星 (fushi)
  - Kunigami: 星 (phushī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 星 (fushi)
  - Okinawan: 星 (fushi)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 星 (fushi, fushī)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 星 (fushi, fush)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 星 (fusï)
  - Yoron: 星 (pushi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 星 (pusï)
  - Yaeyama: 星 (pusï)
  - Yonaguni: 星 (fuchi)

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