< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/poso
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *pəsə (“navel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poso/
Noun
*poso
- navel
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu, fusu)
- Kunigami: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (phusū)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
- Okinawan: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu, fusū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
- Toku-No-Shima: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fushu)
- Yoron: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu)
- Yaeyama: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (pusu, pusï)
- Yonaguni: 臍, 蔕, 枘 (fusu)
References
- Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History, page 310