Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ota
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Proto-Japonic
editReconstruction
editThe initial *o- is reconstructed on the basis of Eastern Old Japanese おとはふ (otapapu, spelled as 於多波布), a hapax legomenon which Vovin (2020:108-109) identifies as an iterative of うたふ (utapu, “to sing”).
In addition, the Ryūka records the spelling ota (おた), but that evidence is not sufficient enough.
Noun
edit*ota
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 98
- Vovin, Alexander. 2020. The Eastern Old Japanese Corpus and Dictionary. Leiden: Brill.