Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/opopito

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

*opo (“big”) +‎ *pito (“person”).

Noun

*opopito

1. adult

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 大人 (ufutchu)
  • Kunigami: 大人 (putchu)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 大人 (futchu)
  • Okinawan: 大人 (ufutchu)
  • Okinoerabu: 大人 (fūtchu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 大人 (futchu)
  • Tokunoshima: 大人 (futchu)
  • Yoron: 大人 (upupichu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 大人 (upupsïtu)
  • Yaeyama: 大人 (fūpsïtu)
  • Yonaguni: 大人 (ubutu)