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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pikari

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 *pikaru (“to shine, glitter”).

Verb

*pikari

  1. to shine, glitter

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 光ゆい (pikayui)
    • Kunigami: 光ーるん (pikārun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 光るり (hikyaruri)
    • Okinawan: 光ゆん (fichayun)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 光ゆん (hikayun)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 光ーゆむっ (hikāyum, hikyāyum)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 光り (sïkyari), 光りぃ (sïkyarï)
    • Yoron: 光ゆん (pichayun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 光ーㇲ゙ (psïkāz)
    • Yaeyama: 光るん (pïkarun)
    • Yonaguni: 光るん (hikarun)
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