Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/piru

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 *piru (“daytime”).

Noun

*piru

  1. daytime

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 昼 (piru)
    • Kunigami: 昼 (p'irū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 昼 (hiru)
    • Okinawan: 昼 (firu)
    • Okinoerabu: 昼 (hiru)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 昼 (hir)
    • Tokunoshima: 昼 (sïru)
    • Yoron: 昼 (pyū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 昼 (psïru)
    • Yaeyama: 昼 (pïrï, pïïrï)
    • Yonaguni: 昼 (tsū, tsun)
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