Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oyobe

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

From Proto-Japonic *oyonpE (“finger”).

Noun

*oyobe

  1. finger

Reconstruction notes

Likely loanwords from Japanese 指 (yubi) include Kikai 指 (yubi), Okinoerabu 指 (yubi), and Southern Amami Ōshima 指 (yubi, Koniya dialect).

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: *Oyebe, *eyebe
    • Kunigami: 指 (uibi)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 指 (ibï)
    • Okinawan: 指 (ībi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 指 (ībï)
    • Tokunoshima: 指 (uibï, ïïbï, ūbï)
    • Yoron: 指 (uibi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 指 (uibi, uyibi)
    • Yaeyama: 指 (ubi)
    • Yonaguni: 指 (uyubi)

References

  • Thorpe (1983) p. 285-286
  • Curry (2004) p. 269
  • Jarosz (2015) p. 638
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