Reconstruction talk:Proto-Ryukyuan/posi

Ishigaki word for 'star'
Note the Ishigaki word for 'star' is /pùsú/ as a standalone noun and /búsɨ̀/ as an affix (note the affix is voiced). Note the initial vowel is voiced, unlike pR where there's no voicing of the vowel.

It seems that the standalone noun has irregular accent and an irregular second vowel; the affix has the expected accent and second vowel, and forms such as Shuri ɸúɕì and Yonaguni ɸùtɕí show that the tone class of pR *posi 'star' is A, however Igarashi marks the pR accent as irregular (see here; but it appears that all Ryukyuan dialects point to tone class A). Chuterix (talk) 14:19, 18 November 2023 (UTC)