Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/penti

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

Noun

*penti

elbow

Descendants

Old Japanese: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pi₁di)
- Japanese: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pezi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
  - Kunigami: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pijī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
  - Okinawan: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fijigē) (< *pezigai)
  - Okinoerabu: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji, hijī)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (hiji)
  - Tokunoshima: 肘, 肱, 臂 (fïji, sïzï)
  - Yoron: 肘, 肱, 臂 (piji)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
  - Yaeyama: 肘, 肱, 臂 (pizï)
  - Yonaguni: 肘, 肱, 臂 (chidinka) (< *pidi-no-ka)