Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kusa

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 *kusa (“grass”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kusa/

Noun

*kusa

grass

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 姑撒 (kusa) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
- Kikai: 草 (くさ, kusa, っさ, ssa)
- Kunigami: 草 (くさー, khusā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 草 (くさ, kusa)
- Okinawan: 草 (くさ, kusa)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 草 (くさ, kusa)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 草 (く゚さ, xusa)
- Toku-No-Shima: 草 (くさ, kusa)
- Yoron: 草 (くさ, kusa)
Southern Ryukyuan: *kusa (Bentley, 2008)
- Miyako: 草 (ふさ, fusa)
- Yaeyama: 草 (ふさ, fusa)
- Yonaguni: 草 (つぁー, tsā)