Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/posi
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Japonic *pəsi (“star, planet”).
Noun
edit*posi[1]
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Japonic *pəsi (“wanted, desired”).
Adjective
edit*posi
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 欲しゃい (fushai), 欲さい (fusai)
- Kunigami: 欲っしぇん (phusshen), 欲しぇん (-bushen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 欲しゃり (hoshari, -boshari)
- Okinawan: 欲しゃん (fushan, -bushan), 欲さん (fusan, -busan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 欲しゃん (fushan, -bushan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 欲しゃむっ (fusham, -busham)
- Toku-No-Shima: 欲さい (fusai)
- Yoron: 欲しゃん (pushan, -bushan)
- Southern Ryukyuan: