Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əpə

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Adjective

*əpə

1. big, large
2. many

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 大, 多 (opo₂)
  • Japanese: 大 (ō-), 大きい (ōkii, “big, large”), 大きな (ōkina, “big, large (attributive only)”), 大いに (ōi ni, “very, greatly”), 多い (ōi, “many, much”), 多く (ōku, “a lot, mostly”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *opo, *ope
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 大さい, 多さい (ussai, ufisai, ubisai)
    • Kunigami: 大ーせん, 多ーせん (fupōsen, pōsen, fupīsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 大っさり, 多っさり (fïssari)
    • Okinawan: 大さん, 多さん (ufusan, ufisan)
    • Okinoerabu: 大いさん, 多いさん (fūsan, fuisan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 大ーさむっ, 多ーさむっ (ufūsam, fūsam, fïïsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 大ーい, 多ーい (hōi, fëëi)
    • Yoron: 大さん, 多さん (upusan), 大しゃん, 多しゃん (upishan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 大, 多 (upu)
    • Yaeyama: 大さん, 多さん (ufusan)
    • Yonaguni: 大さん, 多さん (ubusan) (< *oposi)