Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pikari

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 *pikaru (“to shine, glitter”).

Verb

*pikari

1. to shine, glitter

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 光ゆい (pikayui)
  • Kunigami: 光ーるん (pikārun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 光るり (hikyaruri)
  • Okinawan: 光ゆん (fichayun)
  • Okinoerabu: 光ゆん (hikayun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 光ーゆむっ (hikāyum, hikyāyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 光り (sïkyari), 光りぃ (sïkyarï)
  • Yoron: 光ゆん (pichayun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 光ーㇲ゙ (psïkāz)
  • Yaeyama: 光るん (pïkarun)
  • Yonaguni: 光るん (hikarun)