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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pawe

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *papay (“fly”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pawe/

Noun

*pawe

  1. fly

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 蝿 (phē)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蝿 (fe)
    • Okinawan: 蝿 (fē)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 青蝿 (ōbai) (< *awobawe)
    • Yoron: 青蝿 (ōbai) (< *awobawe)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蝿 (pāz)
    • Yaeyama: 蝿 (pai)
    • Yonaguni: 青蝿 (ubai) (< *awobawe)
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