Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pinsa

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pinsa/

Noun

*pinsa

foot, leg
knee

Descendants

Old Japanese: 膝 (piza, “knee”)
- Japanese: 膝 (ひざ, hiza)
Ryukyuan: *pisa (“foot, leg”)
- Northern Ryukyuan: 피샤 (pisha) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 足 (っさ, ssa)
  - Kunigami: 足 (ぴさー, phisā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 足 (しゃーびら, shābira)
  - Okinawan: 足 (ふぃさ, fisa)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 足 (さんびゃ, sanbya)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 足 (ぴぃさ, psїsa)
  - Yaeyama: 足 (ぺー, pē)
  - Yonaguni: 足 (さんだ, sanda)

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