Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pawe

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 *papay (“fly”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pawe/

Noun

*pawe

fly

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 蝿 (phē)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 蝿 (fe)
- Okinawan: 蝿 (fē)
- Toku-No-Shima: 青蝿 (ōbai) (< *awobawe)
- Yoron: 青蝿 (ōbai) (< *awobawe)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 蝿 (pāz)
- Yaeyama: 蝿 (pai)
- Yonaguni: 青蝿 (ubai) (< *awobawe)