Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/osagi

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 *wosanki (“rabbit”).

Noun

*osagi

hare, rabbit

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 烏撒及, 吾撒急 (usaki) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
- Kikai: 兎 (usagi)
- Kunigami: 兎 (fusāji)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (osagi)
- Okinawan: 兎 (usaji)
- Okinoerabu: 兎 (usagī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (usag)
- Tokunoshima: 兎 (ushāgi)
- Yoron: 兎 (usagi)
Southern Ryukyuan: *usagi (Bentley, 2008b)
- Miyako: 兎 (usagi)
- Yaeyama: 兎 (ushāngï)
- Yonaguni: 兎 (usangi)