Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wepi

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

Deverbal from *wepu (“to be drunk”).

Noun

*wepi

1. Infinitive and nominal form of *wepu
   1. poison, drunkness

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 酔 (wepi₁)
  • Japanese: 酔い (yoi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *we(w)i
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 酔い (ui)
    • Okinawan: 酔い (wī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 酔ゔ (bivu)
    • Yaeyama: 酔ーりぃ (byūrï)