Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pi

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  day

Descendants

 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  fire

Descendants

 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:

Etymology 3
Speculatively connected to. However, if the hypothesis that the ' and some parts of the ' preserve the A/B distinction of po, it is that po is consistently spelled as 富, not 本. In this case, the vowels cannot be reconciled phonetically. See also.

According to, forms with a mid-back vowel , , , are derived from the following process: poo < powo < poɸo < popo, implying they sprung from a different root with the same initial p-.

Pronunciation

 * Tone class: A

Noun

 * 1) vulva

Descendants

 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Yamatohama:
 * China:
 * Wadomari:
 * Shodon:
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Hirara:
 * Ishigaki: (irregular tone )
 * (tone class A)
 * Hirara:
 * Ishigaki: (irregular tone )
 * (tone class A)
 * Ishigaki: (irregular tone )
 * (tone class A)