Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kusori

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Japonic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kusoɾi/

Noun

*kusori

medicine

Descendants

Old Japanese: 薬 (kusuri)
- Japanese: 薬 (kusuri)
- → Ainu: クスリ (kusuri, “hot springs; medicine”)
Ryukyuan: *kusori
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 薬 (くすい, kusui)
  - Kunigami: 薬 (くすい, khusui)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 薬 (くすり, kusuri)
  - Okinawan: 薬 (くすい, kusui)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 薬 (くすい, kusui)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 薬 (く゚するっ, xusur)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 薬 (くしゅい, kushui)
  - Yoron: 薬 (くすい, kusui)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 薬 (ふすーㇲ゙, fusūz)
  - Yaeyama: 薬 (ふしり, fushirï)
  - Yonaguni: 薬 (っつり, ttsuri)