Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/suba

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 *sunpa (“lip; tongue”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: B

Noun

*suba

lip
tongue

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: すば (suba)
- Kunigami: しばー (shibā /⁠ɕíbàː⁠/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: すぃば (sïba)
- Okinawan: すぃば (siba /⁠sìbà⁠/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: しばー (shibā /⁠ɕìbǎː⁠/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: すぃば (sïba /⁠sɨ̀bàˑ⁠/)
- Yoron: しば (shiba /⁠ɕìbá⁠/)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: すば (sïba)
- Yaeyama: 口すば (futsï-suba /⁠ɸù̥tsɨ́.sùbà⁠/) (< *kuti-suba)
- Yonaguni: んば (nba /⁠Nbà⁠/)

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