Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/asubi

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

From Proto-Japonic *asonpu (“to play”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /asubi/

Verb

*asubi

to play

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 遊びゅい (asubyui)
- Kunigami: 遊びん (hashībin)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 遊ぶり (asïburi)
- Okinawan: 遊ぶん (ashibun)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 遊びゅん (ashibyun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 遊ぴゅむっ (appyum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 遊ぴ (asïbi)
- Yoron: 遊びゅん (ashibyun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 遊ぴぃ (asïpsï)
- Yaeyama: 遊ぶん (asïbun, asubun)
- Yonaguni: 遊ぶん (anbun)