Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pisa

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 *pinsa (“foot, leg; knee”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pisa/

Noun

*pisa

foot, leg

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 피샤 (pisha) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai: 足 (っさ, ssa)
- Kunigami: 足 (ぴさー, phisā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 足 (しゃーびら, shābira)
- Okinawan: 足 (ふぃさ, fisa)
- Toku-No-Shima: 足 (さんびゃ, sanbya)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 足 (ぴぃさ, psїsa)
- Yaeyama: 足 (ぺー, pē)
- Yonaguni: 足 (さんだ, sanda)