Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/Osi

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Noun

*Osi

cattle
1. cow
2. ox

Descendants

Old Japanese: 牛 (usi)
- Japanese: 牛 (ushi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *Osi
- Northern Ryukyuan: 우시 (/⁠usi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 牛 (ushi)
  - Kunigami: 牛 (fushī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 牛 (ushi)
  - Okinawan: 牛 (ushi)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 牛 (ushī)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 牛 (us)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 牛 (usï)
  - Yoron: 牛 (ushi)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *usi (Robbeets, 2021)
  - Miyako: 牛 (usï)
  - Yaeyama: 牛 (usï)
  - Yonaguni: 牛 (uchi)

References

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