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

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)