Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oyobe
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Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *oyonpE (“finger”).
Noun[edit]
*oyobe
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Likely loanwords from Japanese 指 (yubi) include Kikai 指 (yubi), Oki-No-Erabu 指 (yubi), and Southern Amami-Oshima 指 (yubi, Koniya dialect).
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan: *Oyebe, *eyebe
- Southern Ryukyuan: