Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sinu

Etymology
There is some uncertainty about derivation.


 * This term might be a fusion of borrowed element *si from 🇨🇬 + native verb .  In kanbun texts, the compound  is attested as far back as 721.


 * Alternatively, this might be a purely native term, with the phonological and semantic overlap with 🇨🇬 entirely accidental.

Verb

 * 1) to die