Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/isogi

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

Alternative forms

• *isogari (Amami-Oshima)

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *isonku (“to hurry, to rush”).

Verb

*isogi

1. to hurry, to rush

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 急がゆい (isugayui)
  • Kunigami: 急じゅん (isujun, isūjun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 急がるり (ishogaruri)
  • Okinawan: 急じゅん (isujun)
  • Okinoerabu: 急じゅん (isojun), 急がゆん (ishugayun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 急がゆむっ (ishogayum)
  • Tokunoshima: 急ぎゅい (isogyui), 急がるい (ishugarui)
  • Yoron: 急ぎゅん (ishugyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 急ぎぃ (isugzï)
  • Yaeyama: 急ぐん (isugun)
  • Yonaguni: 急く゚ん (isungun)