Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pintari

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

Of uncertain derivation. Native Japonic roots tend to be mono- or disyllabic, suggesting that this might be either a compound or a borrowing.

Noun

*pintari

left

Descendants

Old Japanese: 左 (pi₁dari)
- Japanese: 左 (hidari)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pidari
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 左 (pidai, shijai)
  - Kunigami: 左 (pizai)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 左 (hijari)
  - Okinawan: 左 (fijai)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 左 (hijai, hijē)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 左 (hijar)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 左 (sïgyari, sïjai)
  - Yoron: 左 (pijai)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 左 (psïdāz)
  - Yaeyama: 左 (psïdarï)
  - Yonaguni: 左 (ndai)

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