Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pe

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *pya (“flatus, fart”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*pe

1. flatus, fart

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 屁 (pïï)
  • Kunigami: 屁 (pī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 屁 (fï, fïï)
  • Okinawan: 屁 (fī)
  • Okinoerabu: 屁 (hī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 屁 (fï, fïï)
  • Tokunoshima: 屁 (fïï, fuï)
  • Yoron: 屁 (pī)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 屁 (pī)
  • Yaeyama: 屁 (pī)
  • Yonaguni: 屁 (hī)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 287