Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pisa

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 *pisa (“foot, leg; knee”).

Noun

*pisa

1. foot, leg

Reconstruction notes

Though Kikai 足 (ssa), Northern Amami Ōshima 足 (shābira), Tokunoshima 足 (sanbya), and Yonaguni 足 (sanda) look similar, they are actually derived from *sita(-pira), not *pisa.

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 피샤 (/⁠pʰi.sja⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kunigami: 足 (phisā)
  • Okinawan: 足 (fisha)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 足 (psïsa)
  • Yaeyama: 足 (psïsa)