Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/opo

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *əpə (“big, large; many”). The retention of *p is unexpected.

Adjective

*opo

  1. big, large
  2. many

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 大さい, 多さい (ussai, ufisai, ubisai)
    • Kunigami: 大ーせん, 多ーせん (fupōsen, pōsen, fupīsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 大っさり, 多っさり (fïssari)
    • Okinawan: 大さん, 多さん (ufusan, ufisan)
    • Okinoerabu: 大いさん, 多いさん (fūsan, fuisan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 大ーさむっ, 多ーさむっ (ufūsam, fūsam, fïïsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 大ーい, 多ーい (hōi, fëëi)
    • Yoron: 大さん, 多さん (upusan), 大しゃん, 多しゃん (upishan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 大, 多 (upu)
    • Yaeyama: 大さん, 多さん (ufusan)
    • Yonaguni: 大さん, 多さん (ubusan) (< *oposi)
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