< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/siri
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *siru (“to know”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siɾi/
Verb
*siri
- to know
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 知ん (しん, shin) (only used as a suffix)
- Okinawan: 知ゆん (しゆん, shiyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 知ぃ (っしぃ, ssï)
- Yaeyama: 知ん (しぃすん, sïsun)
- Yonaguni: 知ん (ちゅん, chun)