Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/piru

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

From *pi (“day”).

Noun

*piru

1. daytime

   Antonym: *yoru (“night”)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 晝 (pi₁ru)
  • Japanese: 昼 (hiru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *piru
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 昼 (piru)
    • Kunigami: 昼 (pirū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 昼 (hiru)
    • Okinawan: 昼 (firu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 昼 (hiru)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 昼 (hir)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 昼 (sïru)
    • Yoron: 昼 (pyū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 昼 (psïru)
    • Yaeyama: 昼 (pïrï, pïïrï)
    • Yonaguni: 昼 (chun)