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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kobo

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
  • *kobu

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *konpo (“spider”).

Noun

*kobo

  1. spider

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 蜘蛛 (xubū)
    • Kunigami: 蜘蛛 (fubu)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蜘蛛 (xubu)
    • Okinawan: 蜘蛛 (kubu, kūbā) (< *kobu, *kobuCa)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 蜘蛛 (hibū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 蜘蛛 (xup)
    • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 満蜘蛛 (mankubo, mankubu)
    • Yoron: 蜘蛛 (fubu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
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