Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pabu

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 forms

• *pebu

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *papumi (“snake”).

Noun

*pabu

1. snake

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 蛇 (pīpā) (< *pebuwa)
  • Kunigami: 蛇 (phabū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蛇 (habu)
  • Okinawan: 蛇 (habu, fību, fībā) (< *pabu, *pebu, *pebuwa)
    • → Japanese: 波布 (habu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 蛇 (hibu, hibū) (< *pebu)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 蛇 (hap)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 蛇 (pav)
  • Yaeyama: 蛇 (pabu)
  • Yonaguni: 蛇 (hinpa) (< *pebuCa)