Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wopUi

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

Noun

*wopUi

1. nephew

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 甥 (wopi₂)
  • Japanese: 甥 (oi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *woi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Kikai: 甥子等 (wīkka, wikka, wuikkwa) (< *woi-kura)
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 姪甥 (mīui) (< *mei-woi)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 甥 (wui)
    • Okinawan: 甥 (wī)
    • ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 甥子等 (wuikwa) (< *woi-kura)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 甥 (wui)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Miyako: 姪甥 (myūz) (< *mei-woi)
    • Yaeyama: 甥 (bui)
    • Yonaguni: 甥 (bui)