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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sisi
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *sisi (“beast; flesh, meat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sisi/
Noun
*sisi
- beast (particularly a game animal used for its meat)
- flesh, meat (particularly animal)
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: 시시 (sisi) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, āshishī)
- Kunigami: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
- Okinawan: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, mashishi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi, shīshī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
- Toku-No-Shima: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïsï, masïsï)
- Yoron: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (shishi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïïsï)
- Yaeyama: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (sïsï)
- Yonaguni: 肉, 獣, 猪, 鹿 (chichi)
See also
- *mi (“body; flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)”)