Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/papai

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Noun

*papai

fly

Descendants

Old Japanese: 蠅 (pape₂)
- Japanese: 蝿 (hae)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pae
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 蝿 (pē, fē)
  - Kunigami: 蝿 (phē)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 蝿 (fe)
  - Okinawan: 蝿 (fē)
  - Okinoerabu: 蝿 (hē)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 蝿 (fëë)
  - Tokunoshima: 蝿 (hai)
  - Yoron: 青蝿 (ōbai) (< *aobae)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 蝿 (paɿ)
  - Yaeyama: 蝿 (pai)
  - Yonaguni: 蝿 (hai)