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

1. fly

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 蠅 (pape₂)
  • Japanese: 蝿 (hae)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pae
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 蝿 (pē, fē)
    • Kunigami: 蝿 (phē)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蝿 (fe)
    • Okinawan: 蝿 (fē)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 蝿 (hē)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 蝿 (fëë)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 蝿 (hai)
    • Yoron: 青蝿 (ōbai) (< *awobawe)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蝿 (paɿ)
    • Yaeyama: 蝿 (pai)
    • Yonaguni: 蝿 (hai)