Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tobi

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 *tənpu (“to fly”).

Verb

*tobi

1. to fly

Descendants

• 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)