Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/piru

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

From *pi (“day”).

Noun

*piru

daytime
Antonym: *yoru (“night”)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 晝 (pi₁ru)
- Japanese: 昼 (hiru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *piru
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 昼 (piru)
  - Kunigami: 昼 (pirū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 昼 (hiru)
  - Okinawan: 昼 (firu)
  - Okinoerabu: 昼 (hiru)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 昼 (hir)
  - Tokunoshima: 昼 (sïru)
  - Yoron: 昼 (pyū)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 昼 (psïru)
  - Yaeyama: 昼 (pïrï, pïïrï)
  - Yonaguni: 昼 (chun)