Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/si

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 *su (“to become, happen, occur; to do”).

Verb

*si

1. to become, happen, occur
2. to do

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: すん (sun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: しゅり (shuri)
  • Okinawan: すん (sun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: しゅむっ (shum)
  • Yoron: しゅん (shun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: しぃ (sï), っしぃ (ssï)
  • Yaeyama: しぃん (sïn), しぃーん (sïïn)