Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pe

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *pay

Etymology

Likely an onomatopoeia.

Noun

*pe

1. flatus, fart

Descendants

• Japanese: 屁 (he)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pe
  • 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)