Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/opopito

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

*opo (“big”) +‎ *pito (“person”).

Noun

*opopito

adult

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 大人 (ufutchu)
- Kunigami: 大人 (putchu)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 大人 (futchu)
- Okinawan: 大人 (ufutchu)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 大人 (fūtchu)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 大人 (futchu)
- Toku-No-Shima: 大人 (futchu)
- Yoron: 大人 (upupichu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 大人 (upupsïtu)
- Yaeyama: 大人 (fūpsïtu)
- Yonaguni: 大人 (ubutu)

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