Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pira

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 *pira (“slope”).

Noun

*pira

1. slope

Derived terms

• *sitabira (“bottom part of the leg”)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 平 (fira, shira)
  • Kunigami: 平 (pyā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 平 (hira)
  • Okinawan: 平 (fira)
  • Okinoerabu: 平 (hyā)
  • Tokunoshima: 平 (sïra)
  • Yoron: 平 (pyā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 平 (psïsa, in compounds)
  • Yaeyama: 平 (psïsa)
  • ⇒ Yaeyama: だびら (dabira)