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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pira

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 *pira (“slope”).

Noun

*pira

  1. slope

Derived terms
  • *sitabira (“bottom part of the leg”)

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 平 (fira, shira)
    • Kunigami: 平 (pyā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 平 (hira)
    • Okinawan: 平 (fira)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 平 (hyā)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 平 (sïra)
    • Yoron: 平 (pyā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 平 (psïsa, in compounds)
    • Yaeyama: 平 (psïsa)
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