Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/suzi

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 *sunti (“sinew”).

Noun

*suzi

1. sinew

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 筋, 条 (suji)
  • Kunigami: 筋, 条 (shiji)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 筋, 条 (sïzï)
  • Okinawan: 筋, 条 (shiji)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 筋, 条 (shiji)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 筋, 条 (sïji)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 筋, 条 (sïzï)
  • Yoron: 筋, 条 (shiji)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 筋, 条 (sïzï, suzï)
  • Yaeyama: 筋, 条 (sïzï)