Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pinkai

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 This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

May originally be a compound with the second component being *kay (“hair”).

Noun

*pinkai

  1. beard

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 髭 (pi1ge2)
    • Japanese: 髭 (hige)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *pige
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 髭 (pini)
      • Kunigami: 髭 (pijī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 髭 (higi)
      • Okinawan: 髭 (fiji)
      • Okinoerabu: 髭 (higī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 髭 (higi)
      • Tokunoshima: 髭 (sïgi)
      • Yoron: 髭 (pigi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 髭 (psïgi)
      • Yaeyama: 髭 (psïni)
      • Yonaguni: 髭 (ngi)
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