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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/
pabu
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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.
Contents
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Proto-Ryukyuan
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
Descendants
Proto-Ryukyuan
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Alternative forms
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*pebu
Etymology
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From
Proto-Japonic
*papumi
(
“
snake
”
)
.
Noun
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*pabu
snake
Descendants
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Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
蛇
(
pīpā
)
(<
*pebuwa
)
Kunigami:
蛇
(
phabū
)
Northern Amami-Oshima:
蛇
(
habu
)
Okinawan:
蛇
(
habu, fību, fībā
)
(<
*pabu
,
*pebu
,
*pebuwa
)
→
Japanese:
波布
(
habu
)
Oki-No-Erabu:
蛇
(
hibu, hibū
)
(<
*pebu
)
Southern Amami-Oshima:
蛇
(
hap
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
蛇
(
pav
)
Yaeyama:
蛇
(
pabu
)
Yonaguni:
蛇
(
hinpa
)
(<
*pebuCa
)
Categories
:
Proto-Ryukyuan terms inherited from Proto-Japonic
Proto-Ryukyuan terms derived from Proto-Japonic
Proto-Ryukyuan lemmas
Proto-Ryukyuan nouns
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