Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əpə

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

Adjective

*əpə

big, large
many

Descendants

Old Japanese: 大, 多 (opo₂)
- Japanese: 大 (ō-), 大きい (ōkii, “big, large”), 大きな (ōkina, “big, large (attributive only)”), 大いに (ōi ni, “very, greatly”), 多い (ōi, “many, much”), 多く (ōku, “a lot, mostly”)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *opo, *ope
- 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-Oshima: 大っさり, 多っさり (fïssari)
  - Okinawan: 大さん, 多さん (ufusan, ufisan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 大いさん, 多いさん (fūsan, fuisan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 大ーさむっ, 多ーさむっ (ufūsam, fūsam, fïïsam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 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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