< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/si
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *su (“to become, happen, occur; to do”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si/
Verb
*si
- to become, happen, occur
- to do
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: すん (sun)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: しゅり (shuri)
- Okinawan: すん (sun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: しぃ (sï), っしぃ (ssï)
- Yaeyama: しぃん (sïn), しぃーん (sïïn)