Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *sawo (“pole”).
*sao
- pole
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Kunigami: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Okinawan: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (so, sō)
- Toku-No-Shima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau)
- Yoron: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau, sō)
- Yaeyama: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Yonaguni: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sū)
References
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- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 318