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-Oshima: 叔母っけ (ba-kke)
  • ⇒ Okinawan: 叔母まー (wuba-mā)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 叔母ば (bāba)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 叔母 (wuba)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 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)