Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/obi

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 *ənpi (“obi, sash”).

Noun

*obi

1. obi, sash
2. hoop

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 帯 (obi, ubi)
  • Kunigami: 帯 (ubī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 帯 (ubi)
  • Okinawan: 帯 (ubi, ūbi)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 帯 (ubi)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 帯 (ubï)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 帯 (obi)
  • Yoron: 帯 (ubi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 帯 (ubzï)
  • Yaeyama: 帯 (ubï)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 臍帯 (fusu-ubi) (< *poso-obi)