Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ubo

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

Alternative forms

• *ubu

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *onpo (“heavy”).

Noun

*ubo

1. heavy

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: *ubo, *ubu
  • Kikai: 重っさい (ussai, ubussai)
  • Kunigami: 重ーせん (ubūsen)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 重さり (ubusari)
  • Okinawan: 重さん (nbusan)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 重さん (ubusan)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 重さむっ (upsam)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 重あい (ubuai)
  • Yoron: 重さん (unsan)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *ebu, *ubu
  • Miyako: 重 (iv)
  • Yaeyama: 重っさーん (issān), 重さーん (nbusān)
  • Yonaguni: 重さん (insan) (< *ebusi)

References

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