Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pedi

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 *penti (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pedi/

Noun

*pedi

elbow

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
- Kunigami: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pijī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
- Okinawan: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fijigē) (< *pedigawi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji, hijī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
- Toku-No-Shima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fïji, sïzï)
- Yoron: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
- Yaeyama: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
- Yonaguni: 肘, 肱, 臂 (chidinka) (< *pedi no kawiwa)

References

Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, pages 282-283