Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/korosu

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 *kərəsu.

Verb

*korosu

to kill

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 殺っすり (khussuri)
- Okinawan: 殺すん (kurusun)
- Toku-No-Shima: 殺っすん (kussun)
- Yoron: 殺すん (hurusun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 殺しぃ (kurusï)
- Yaeyama: 殺すん (kurasun)
- Yonaguni: 殺ん (kurun)