Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/opo
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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
- *ope (< Proto-Japonic *əpəi)
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *əpə (“big, large; many”). The retention of *p is unexpected.
Adjective
*opo
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: