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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kusa

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kusa (“grass”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kusa/

Noun

*kusa

  1. grass

Descendants
  • 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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