Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/osu

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

Reconstruction

Compare Yamagata Japanese おす (osu).

Noun

*osu

mortar

Descendants

Old Japanese: 臼, 碓 (usu)
- Japanese: 臼, 碓 (usu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *osu
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 臼, 碓 (usu)
  - Kunigami: 臼, 碓 (ushi, ushī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 臼, 碓 (usï)
  - Okinawan: 臼, 碓 (ūshi)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 臼, 碓 (ushi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 臼, 碓 (usï)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 臼, 碓 (usï)
  - Yoron: 臼, 碓 (ushi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 臼, 碓 (usï)
  - Yaeyama: 臼, 碓 (usï)
  - Yonaguni: 臼, 碓 (uchi)

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