Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wonpa

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Noun

*wonpa

aunt

Descendants

Old Japanese: 叔母 (woba)
- Japanese: 叔母 (oba)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *woba
- Northern Ryukyuan: *woba, *woba-ma
  - Kikai: 叔母 (wuba, uba, guba)
  - ⇒ Kunigami: 叔母まー (wubā-mā)
  - ⇒ Northern Amami-Oshima: 叔母っけ (ba-kke)
  - ⇒ Okinawan: 叔母まー (wuba-mā)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 叔母ば (bāba)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 叔母 (wuba)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 叔母 (bā)
  - Yoron: 叔母 (wuba)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *boba, *boba-ma, *boba-EtE
  - Miyako: 叔母 (buba), 叔母ま (buba-ma)
  - Yaeyama: 叔母 (buba)
  - ⇒ Yonaguni: 叔母いてぃ (ubaiti)