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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pusi

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

Etymology

Perhaps a suffixed form of an earlier *pu, compare Old Japanese 節 (ふ, pu).

Pronunciation
  • Accent class: 2.3

Noun

*pusi

  1. joint

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 節 (pusi)
    • Japanese: 節 (fushi, Heian LL,[1] Tokyo 2 [LH(L)], Kyoto 2 [HL(L)], Kagoshima B [LH(L)][2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *pusi (tone class B, but see entry for notes)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 節 (pushi)
      • Kunigami: 節 (phushī /⁠pʰùɕĭː⁠/)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 節 (fushi, bushi)
      • Okinawan: 節 (fushi /⁠ɸùɕì⁠/)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 節 (fushi /⁠ɸùɕí⁠/)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 節 (bush /⁠búɕ̩⁠/)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 節 (fusï /⁠ɸùsɨ́⁠/)
      • Yoron: 節 (pushi /⁠pùɕí⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 節 (fusï)
      • Yaeyama: 節 (fusï, busï /⁠ɸù̥sɨ́, búsɨ́⁠/)
      • Yonaguni: 節 (buchi /⁠bùtɕí, bùtɕî⁠/)

References
  1. “ふし 【節】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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