Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/piro-

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 *pirə (“broad, wide”).

Adjective

*piro-

1. broad, wide

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 広さい (pirusai)
  • Kunigami: 広ーしぇん (pirūshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 広さり (hirusari)
  • Okinawan: 広さん (firusan)
  • Okinoerabu: 広さん (hyūsan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 広さむっ (hiryusam)
  • Tokunoshima: 広あい (fïroai)
  • Yoron: 広さん (pyūsan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 広 (pïsu)
  • Yaeyama: 広さん (pïsusan)
  • Yonaguni: 広ん (tswan)