Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pige

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 *pinkay (“beard”).

Noun

*pige

1. beard

Descendants

• 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)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 262