Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tənpu

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

Verb

*tənpu (infinitive *tənpi, causative *tənpasu)

1. to fly
2. to jump

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 飛, 跳 (to₂bu)
  • Japanese: 飛ぶ, 跳ぶ (tobu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tobi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 飛びん (tubin)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 飛ぶり (θuburi)
    • Okinawan: 飛ぶん (tubun)
    • Okinoerabu: 飛びゅん (tubyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 飛びゅむっ (tubyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 飛びぃ (tubï)
    • Yoron: 飛びゅん (tubyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 飛びぃ (tubsï)
    • Yaeyama: 飛ぶん (tubun)
    • Yonaguni: 飛ぶん (tubun)