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
aunt
Descendants
Old Japanese:
叔母
(
woba
)
Japanese:
叔母
(
oba
)
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
(
bā
)
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
)