Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pinkay

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Originally a compound with the second component being *kay (“hair”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piŋkai̯/

Noun

*pinkay

beard

Descendants

Old Japanese: 髭 (pi₁ge₂)
- Japanese: 髭 (ひげ, hige)
Ryukyuan: *pige
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 髭 (ぴに, pini)
  - Kunigami: 髭 (ぴﾟじー, pijī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 髭 (ひぎ, higi)
  - Okinawan: 髭 (ふぃじ, fiji)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 髭 (ひぎー, higī)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 髭 (ひぎ, higi)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 髭 (しぃぎ, sïgi)
  - Yoron: 髭 (ぴぎ, pigi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 髭 (ぴぃぎ, psïgi)
  - Yaeyama: 髭 (ぴぃに, psïni)
  - Yonaguni: 髭 (んぎ, ngi)

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