< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sawo
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *sawo (“pole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sawo/
Noun
*sawo
- pole
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Kunigami: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Okinawan: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (so, sō)
- Toku-No-Shima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau)
- Yoron: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau, sō)
- Yaeyama: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
- Yonaguni: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sū)
References
- Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History, page 318