Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/piru

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 *piru (“daytime”).

Noun

*piru

1. daytime

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 昼 (piru)
  • Kunigami: 昼 (pirū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 昼 (hiru)
  • Okinawan: 昼 (firu)
  • Okinoerabu: 昼 (hiru)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 昼 (hir)
  • Tokunoshima: 昼 (sïru)
  • Yoron: 昼 (pyū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 昼 (psïru)
  • Yaeyama: 昼 (pïrï, pïïrï)
  • Yonaguni: 昼 (chun)