Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pidari

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 *pintari (“left”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: B

Noun

*pidari

left

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai:
  Aden: 左 (fidai) (tone class C)
  
  Araki: 左 (hidari) (tone class C)
  
  Kamikatetsu: 左 (hidari) (tone class C)
  
  Nakasato: 左 (hidari) (tone class C)
  
  Onotsu: 左 (pijai) (tone class BC)
  
  Sakamine: 左 (pijai) (tone class C)
  
  Shiomichi: 左 (pidai) (tone class C)
  
  Shitōke: 左 (pidai) (tone class BC)
  
  Wan: 左 (hidari) (tone class C)
- Kunigami:
  Iejima: 左 (tijai)
  
  Hentona: 左 (fijai)
  
  Nakijin: 左 (pizai) (tone class BC)
  
  Sumuide: 左 (pizei)
- Northern Amami Ōshima:
  Naze: 左 (hijari)
  
  Yamatohama: 左 (hijari)
  
  Yuwan: 左 (hijai)
- Okinawan:
  Naha: 左 (hijai)
  
  Shuri: 左 (fijai) (tone class BC)
- Okinoerabu:
  Kamihirakawa: 左 (higē) (tone class BC)
  
  Kunigami: 左 (hījai) (tone class C)
  
  Serikaku: 左 (hijē)
  
  Tetechina: 左 (hijai)
- Southern Amami Ōshima:
  Koniya: 左 (hijar)
  
  Shodon: 左 (hijar) (tone class BC)
- Tokunoshima:
  Inō: 左 (sïgyari)
  
  Kametsu: 左 (sïjai) (tone class C)
- Yoron: 左 (pijai) (tone class C)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako:
  Aragusuku: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Bora: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Fukuzato: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Higa: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Hirara: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Ikema: 左 (hidai) (tone class A)
  
  Irabu: 左 (pïdil)
  
  Karimata: 左 (bïdaz, bzïdaz)
  
  Kugai: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Kuninaka: 左 (psïdal)
  
  Kurima: 左 (pïdal, psïdaz)
  
  Minna: 左 (pidai) (tone class B)
  
  Nagama: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Nakachi: 左 (pidiz)
  
  Nishizato: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Ōgami: 左 (pïtaï)
  
  Ōura: 左 (psïdaz) (tone class C)
  
  Shimajiri: 左 (bzïdaz)
  
  Shimozato: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Sunagawa: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Tarama: 左 (pidal) (tone class B)
  
  Tomori: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Uechi: 左 (pïdal)
  
  Uruka: 左 (psïdaz)
  
  Yonaha: 左 (psïdaz)
- Yaeyama:
  Hatoma: 左 (pidari)
  
  Hateruma: 左 (pinari) (tone class BC)
  
  Ishigaki: 左 (pïdarï) (tone class BC)
  
  Kohama: 左 (pindarï)
  
  Kuroshima: 左 (pizari)
  
  Sonai: 左 (pidari)
  
  Taketomi: 左 (pidē) (tone class BC)
- Yonaguni: 左 (ndai) (tone class C)