Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pae

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”).

Noun

*pae

1. fly

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 蝿 (pē, fē)
  • Kunigami: 蝿 (phē)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蝿 (fe)
  • Okinawan: 蝿 (fē)
  • Okinoerabu: 蝿 (hē)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蝿 (fëë)
  • Tokunoshima: 蝿 (hai)
  • Yoron: 青蝿 (ōbai) (< *aobae)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 蝿 (paɿ)
  • Yaeyama: 蝿 (pai)
  • Yonaguni: 蝿 (hai)