Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pe

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 *pya (“flatus, fart”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: B

Noun

*pe

  1. flatus, fart

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 屁 (pïï)
    • Kunigami: 屁 (pī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 屁 (fï, fïï)
    • Okinawan: 屁 (fī)
    • Okinoerabu: 屁 (hī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 屁 (fï, fïï)
    • Tokunoshima: 屁 (fïï, fuï)
    • Yoron: 屁 (pī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 屁 (pī)
    • Yaeyama: 屁 (pī)
    • Yonaguni: 屁 (hī)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 287
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