Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kobu

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 *konpo (“spider”).

Noun

*kobu

1. spider

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 蜘蛛 (xubū)
  • Kunigami: 蜘蛛 (fubu)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蜘蛛 (xubu)
  • Okinawan: 蜘蛛 (kubu, kūbā) (< *kobu, *kobuCa)
  • Okinoerabu: 蜘蛛 (hibū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蜘蛛 (xup)
  • Tokunoshima: 蜘蛛 (xubu)
  • Yoron: 蜘蛛 (fubu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 蜘蛛 (kuv)
  • Yaeyama: 蜘蛛 (kubu)
  • Yonaguni: 蜘蛛 (kubu)