Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/asubi

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 *asonpu (“to play”).

Verb

*asubi

1. to play

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 遊びゅい (asubyui)
  • Kunigami: 遊びん (hashībin)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 遊ぶり (asïburi)
  • Okinawan: 遊ぶん (ashibun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 遊びゅん (ashibyun)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 遊ぴゅむっ (appyum)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 遊ぴ (asïbi)
  • Yoron: 遊びゅん (ashibyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 遊ぴぃ (asïpsï)
  • Yaeyama: 遊ぶん (asïbun, asubun)
  • Yonaguni: 遊ぶん (anbun)