Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pikar-

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

From stem *pika, cognate with modern ぴかぴか (pikapika), + *ru (verb suffix). Most likely cognate with *pi (“sun”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 빛 (bit).

Verb

*pikar- (infinitive *pikari)

1. to shine, glitter

Derived terms

• *pikari

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 光 (pikaru)
  • Japanese: 光る (hikaru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pikari
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 光ゆい (pikayui)
    • Kunigami: 光ーるん (pikārun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 光るり (hikyaruri)
    • Okinawan: 光ゆん (fichayun)
    • Okinoerabu: 光ゆん (hikayun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 光ーゆむっ (hikāyum, hikyāyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 光り (sïkyari), 光りぃ (sïkyarï)
    • Yoron: 光ゆん (pichayun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 光ーㇲ゙ (psïkāz)
    • Yaeyama: 光るん (pïkarun)
    • Yonaguni: 光るん (hikarun)