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

1. 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)