Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pira

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

*pira

slope

Descendants

Old Japanese: 平 (pi₁ra)
- Japanese: 平 (hira)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pira
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 平 (fira, shira)
  - Kunigami: 平 (pyā)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 平 (hira)
  - Okinawan: 平 (fira)
  - Okinoerabu: 平 (hyā)
  - Tokunoshima: 平 (sïra)
  - Yoron: 平 (pyā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 平 (psïsa, in compounds)
  - Yaeyama: 平 (psïsa)
  - ⇒ Yaeyama: だびら (dabira)