Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ubu-
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Japonic *onpo- (“heavy”).
Adjective
edit*ubu-
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan: *ibu, *ubu
References
edit- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 295
- Jarosz (2015) p. 178