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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pinsa

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *pisa

Noun

*pinsa

  1. foot, leg
  2. knee

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 膝 (piza, “knee”)
    • Japanese: 膝 (hiza)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *pisa (“foot, leg”)
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 피샤 (/⁠pʰi.sja⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kunigami: 足 (phisā)
      • Okinawan: 足 (fisa)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 足 (psïsa)
      • Yaeyama: 足 (pē)
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