Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koba

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

The word koba ~ kuba ~ fuba is distributed in the southern areas of Kagoshima.

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*koba

1. Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: ふば (fuba /⁠huba⁠/)
  • Kunigami: ふばー (fubā /⁠ɸùbáː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: こ゚ば (xoba /⁠kʰoba⁠/)
  • Okinawan: くば (kuba /⁠kúbà⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: ふば (fuba /⁠ɸùbá⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: くば (kuba /⁠kùbá⁠/)
  • Yoron: ふば (fuba /⁠hùbà⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:
    • Hirara: くば (kuba)
    • Irabu-Nakachi: くば (kuba /⁠kʊba⁠/)
  • Yaeyama:
    • Ishigaki-Shika: くば (kuba /⁠kúbà⁠/)
    • Taketomi: くば (kubə)
  • Yonaguni: くば (kuba /⁠kʰùbá⁠/)