Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pi

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

Etymology

Related to *pu, found in *kiapu, *kepu (“today”) and *kinəpu (“yesterday”).

Noun

*pi

1. day, sun

   Antonym: *yo (“night”)

Derived terms

• *piru (“daytime”)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 日 (pi₁)
  • Japanese: 日 (hi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 日 (pī)
    • Kunigami: 日 (pī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 日 (hi)
    • Okinawan: 日 (fī)
    • Okinoerabu: 日 (hī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 日 (hī)
    • Tokunoshima: 日 (hī)
    • Yoron: 日 (pī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 日 (psïï)
    • Yaeyama: 日 (psïï)
    • Yonaguni: 日 (chī)