Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nusi

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *nusi (“master”).

Noun

*nusi

1. master

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 主 (nushi)
  • Kunigami: 主 (nushi)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 主 (nushi)
  • Okinawan: 主 (nūshi)
  • Okinoerabu: 主 (nushi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 主 (nushī)
  • Tokunoshima: 主 (nūshi)
  • Yoron: 主 (nushi) (in compounds)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 主 (nusï)
  • Yaeyama: 主 (nusï)
  • Yonaguni: 主 (nuchi)