Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pezi

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 *penti (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*pezi

1. elbow

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
  • Kunigami: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pijī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
  • Okinawan: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fijigē) (< *pezigai)
  • Okinoerabu: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji, hijī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
  • Tokunoshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fïji, sïzï)
  • Yoron: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
  • Yaeyama: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
  • Yonaguni: 肘, 肱, 臂 (chidinka) (< *pezi-no-ka)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 282-283