Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pinkai

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

May originally be a compound with the second component being *kay (“hair”).

Noun

*pinkai

beard

Descendants

Old Japanese: 髭 (pi₁ge₂)
- Japanese: 髭 (hige)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pige
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 髭 (pini)
  - Kunigami: 髭 (pijī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 髭 (higi)
  - Okinawan: 髭 (fiji)
  - Okinoerabu: 髭 (higī)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 髭 (higi)
  - Tokunoshima: 髭 (sïgi)
  - Yoron: 髭 (pigi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 髭 (psïgi)
  - Yaeyama: 髭 (psïni)
  - Yonaguni: 髭 (ngi)