Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/piro-

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 *pirə (“broad, wide”).

Adjective

*piro-

  1. broad, wide

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 広さい (pirusai)
    • Kunigami: 広ーしぇん (pirūshen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 広さり (hirusari)
    • Okinawan: 広さん (firusan)
    • Okinoerabu: 広さん (hyūsan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 広さむっ (hiryusam)
    • Tokunoshima: 広あい (fïroai)
    • Yoron: 広さん (pyūsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 広 (pïsu)
    • Yaeyama: 広さん (pïsusan)
    • Yonaguni: 広ん (tswan)
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