Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/
sunpa
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
Pronunciation
Accent class: 2.3
[
1
]
Noun
*sunpa
lip
tongue
Descendants
Japanese:
すば
(
suba
,
Nagasaki, Satsuma
)
Proto-Ryukyuan:
*suba
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
すば
(
suba
)
Kunigami:
しばー
(
shibā
/ɕíbàː/
)
Northern Amami Ōshima:
すぃば
(
sïba
)
Okinawan:
すぃば
(
siba
/sìbà/
)
Okinoerabu:
しばー
(
shibā
/ɕìbǎː/
)
Southern Amami Ōshima:
すぃば
(
sïba
/sɨ̀bàˑ/
)
Tokunoshima:
すぃば
(
sïba
/sɨ̀bâ/
)
,
すぃびゃ
(
sïbya
/sɨ̀bjâ/
)
Yoron:
しば
(
shiba
/ɕìbá/
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
すば
(
sïba
)
Yaeyama:
口すば
(
futsï-suba
/ɸù̥tsɨ́.sùbà/
)
(<
*kuti-suba
)
Yonaguni:
んば
(
nba
/m̀Nbà/
)
References
^
“
*suba
”, in
日本の危機言語
[1]
(in Japanese), National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics,
2022