Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sunpa

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 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

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 2.3[1]

Noun

*sunpa

  1. lip
  2. tongue

Descendants

  • Japanese: すば (suba, Nagasaki, Satsuma)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *suba
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: すば (sïba)
      • Yaeyama: 口すば (futsï-suba /⁠ɸù̥tsɨ́.sùbà⁠/) (< *kuti-suba)
      • Yonaguni: んば (nba /⁠m̀Nbà⁠/)

References

  1. ^ “*suba”, in 日本の危機言語‎ (in Japanese), National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, 2022
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