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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sao

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 *sawo (“pole”).

Noun

*sao

  1. pole

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
    • Kunigami: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
    • Okinawan: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (so, sō)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sau)
    • Yoron: 竿, 棹, 桿 (sō)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 318
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