Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/esi

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *esi (“stone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esi/

Noun

*esi

stone

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 亦石, 一實 (ishi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
- Kikai: 石 (いし, ishi)
- Kunigami: 石 (いしー, ishī, しー, shī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 石 (いし, ishi)
- Okinawan: 石 (いし, ishi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 石 (いし, ishi)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 石 (いしっ, ish)
- Toku-No-Shima: 石 (いすぃ, isï)
- Yoron: 石 (いし, ishi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 石 (いす, isu)
- Yaeyama: 石 (いし, ishi)
- Yonaguni: 石 (いち, ichi)