Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/onpo-

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

Adjective

*onpo-

  1. heavy

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (omo-)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ubu-
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: うっさい (ussai), うぶっさい (ubussai)
      • Kunigami: うぶーしぇん (ubūshen)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: うぶさり (ubusari)
      • Okinawan: っんぶさん ('nbusan)
      • Okinoerabu: うぶさん (ubusan)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: うㇷ゚さむっ (upsam)
      • Tokunoshima: うぶあい (ubuai)
      • Yoron: うんさん (unsan)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *ibu, *ubu
      • Miyako: いヴ (iv)
      • Yaeyama: いっさーん (issān), んぶさーん (nbusān)
      • Yonaguni: いんさん (insan), んぶさん (nbusan) (< *ibusi-)