Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ubu-

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 *onpo- (“heavy”).

Adjective

*ubu-

1. heavy

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: うっさい (ussai), うぶっさい (ubussai)
  • Kunigami: うぶーしぇん (ubūshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: うぶさり (ubusari)
  • Okinawan: っんぶさん ('nbusan)
  • Okinoerabu: うぶさん (ubusan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: うㇷ゚さむっ (upsam)
  • Tokunoshima: うぶあい (ubuai)
  • Yoron: うんさん (unsan)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *ibu, *ubu
  • Miyako: いヴ (iv)
  • Yaeyama: いっさーん (issān), んぶさーん (nbusān)
  • Yonaguni: いんさん (insan), んぶさん (nbusan) (< *ibusi-)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 295
• Jarosz (2015) p. 178