Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wonpa

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

Noun

*wonpa

  1. aunt

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 叔母 (woba)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *woba
    • Northern Ryukyuan: *woba, *woba-ma
      • Kikai: 叔母 (wuba, uba, guba)
      • Kunigami: 叔母まー (wubā-mā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 叔母っけ (ba-kke)
      • Okinawan: 叔母まー (wuba-mā)
      • Okinoerabu: 叔母ば (bāba)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 叔母 (wuba)
      • Tokunoshima: 叔母 ()
      • Yoron: 叔母 (wuba)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *boba, *boba-ma, *boba-EtE
      • Miyako: 叔母 (buba), 叔母ま (buba-ma)
      • Yaeyama: 叔母 (buba)
      • Yonaguni: 叔母いてぃ (ubaiti)