Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kusa

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

*kusa

grass

Descendants

Old Japanese: 草 (kusa)
- Japanese: 草 (kusa)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kusa
- Northern Ryukyuan: 姑撒 (kusa) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  - Kikai: 草 (kusa, ssa)
  - Kunigami: 草 (khusā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 草 (kusa)
  - Okinawan: 草 (kusa)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 草 (kusa, kusā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 草 (xsa)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 草 (kusa)
  - Yoron: 草 (kusa)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *kusa (Bentley, 2008b)
  - Miyako: 草 (fusa)
  - Yaeyama: 草 (fusa)
  - Yonaguni: 草 (tsā)

Noun

*kusa

smelly, stinky

Descendants

Old Japanese: 臭し (kusasi)
- Japanese: 臭い (kusai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kusa
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 臭ーせん (khusāsen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 臭さり (kusasari)
  - Okinawan: 臭さん (kusasan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 臭さん (kusasan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 臭さむっ (xsāsam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 臭い (kusai)
  - Yoron: 臭さん (kusasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 臭 (fusa)
  - Yaeyama: 臭さーん (fusasān)
  - Yonaguni: 臭ーん (tsān)

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