Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pi

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

Related to *pu, found in *kiapu (“today”) and *kinəpu (“yesterday”).

Noun

*pi

day, sun
Antonym: *yo (“night”)

Derived terms

*piru (“daytime”)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 日 (pi₁)
- Japanese: 日 (hi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 日 (pī)
  - Kunigami: 日 (pī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 日 (hi)
  - Okinawan: 日 (fī)
  - Okinoerabu: 日 (hī)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 日 (hī)
  - Tokunoshima: 日 (hī)
  - Yoron: 日 (pī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 日 (psïï)
  - Yaeyama: 日 (psïï)
  - Yonaguni: 日 (chī)