Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/penti

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

*penti

1. elbow

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pi₁di)
  • Japanese: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pezi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
    • Kunigami: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pijī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
    • Okinawan: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fijigē) (< *pezigai)
    • Okinoerabu: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji, hijī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
    • Tokunoshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fïji, sïzï)
    • Yoron: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
    • Yaeyama: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
    • Yonaguni: 肘, 肱, 臂 (chidinka) (< *pezi-no-ka)