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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ubo

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

Alternative forms
  • *ubu

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *onpo (“heavy”).

Noun

*ubo

  1. heavy

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: *ubo, *ubu
    • Kikai: 重っさい (ussai, ubussai)
    • Kunigami: 重ーせん (ubūsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 重さり (ubusari)
    • Okinawan: 重さん (nbusan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 重さん (ubusan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 重さむっ (upsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 重あい (ubuai)
    • Yoron: 重さん (unsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *ebu, *ubu
    • Miyako: 重 (iv)
    • Yaeyama: 重っさーん (issān), 重さーん (nbusān)
    • Yonaguni: 重さん (insan) (< *ebusi)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 295
  • Jarosz (2015) p. 178
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