Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/woba

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 *wonpa (“aunt”).

Noun

*woba

  1. aunt

Descendants

  • 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)
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