Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ubu-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *onpo- (“heavy”).

Adjective

*ubu-

  1. heavy

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: うっさい (ussai), うぶっさい (ubussai)
    • Kunigami: うぶーしぇん (ubūshen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: うぶさり (ubusari)
    • Okinawan: っんぶさん ('nbusan)
    • Okinoerabu: うぶさん (ubusan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: うㇷ゚さむっ (upsam)
    • Tokunoshima: うぶあい (ubuai)
    • Yoron: うんさん (unsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *ibu, *ubu
    • Miyako: いヴ (iv)
    • Yaeyama: いっさーん (issān), んぶさーん (nbusān)
    • Yonaguni: いんさん (insan), んぶさん (nbusan) (< *ibusi-)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 295
  • Jarosz (2015) p. 178
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