Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/siru

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 *siru (“sap, soup”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*siru

1. sap, soup

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 汁 (shiru)
  • Kunigami: 汁 (shirū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 汁 (shiru)
  • Okinawan: 汁 (shiru)
  • Okinoerabu: 汁 (shirū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 汁 (shiru)
  • Tokunoshima: 汁 (sïru)
  • Yoron: 汁 (shū, suru)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 汁 (sïï)
  • Yaeyama: 汁 (sïrï)
  • Yonaguni: 汁 (chiru)