Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pige

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words 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 *pinkay (“beard”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piɡe/

Noun

*pige

beard

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 髭 (ぴに, pini)
- Kunigami: 髭 (ぴﾟじー, pijī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 髭 (ひぎ, higi)
- Okinawan: 髭 (ふぃじ, fiji)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 髭 (ひぎー, higī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 髭 (ひぎ, higi)
- Toku-No-Shima: 髭 (しぃぎ, sïgi)
- Yoron: 髭 (ぴぎ, pigi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 髭 (ぴぃぎ, psïgi)
- Yaeyama: 髭 (ぴぃに, psïni)
- Yonaguni: 髭 (んぎ, ngi)