Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ubo
Proto-Ryukyuan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Japonic *onpo (“heavy”).
Noun edit
*ubo
Descendants edit
- Northern Ryukyuan: *ubo, *ubu
- Southern Ryukyuan: *ebu, *ubu
References edit
- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 295
- Jarosz (2015) p. 178