Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/usiro

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *usirə (“behind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /usiro/

Noun

*usiro

behind

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Okinawan: 後る (ushiru)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 後ゅー (ushū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 後りょ (ushryo)
- Yoron: 後すー (ussū)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 後す (ussu)
- Yaeyama: 後そん (uson) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))
- Yonaguni: 後か゚い (usungai) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))