Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pisa

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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 *pisa (foot, leg; knee).

Noun

*pisa

  1. foot, leg

Reconstruction notes

Though Kikai (ssa), Northern Amami Ōshima (shābira), Tokunoshima (sanbya), and Yonaguni (sanda) look similar, they are actually derived from *sita(-pira), not *pisa.

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 피샤 (/⁠pʰi.sja⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kunigami: (phisā)
    • Okinawan: (fisha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (psïsa)
    • Yaeyama: (psïsa)