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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/obi

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 *ənpi (“obi, sash”).

Noun

*obi

  1. obi, sash
  2. hoop

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 帯 (obi, ubi)
    • Kunigami: 帯 (ubī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 帯 (ubi)
    • Okinawan: 帯 (ubi, ūbi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 帯 (ubi)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 帯 (ubï)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 帯 (obi)
    • Yoron: 帯 (ubi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 帯 (ubzï)
    • Yaeyama: 帯 (ubï)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 臍帯 (fusu-ubi) (< *poso-obi)
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