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 1

From Proto-Japonic *konpo (“spider”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kobo/

Noun

*kobo

spider

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 蜘蛛 (xubū)
- Kunigami: 蜘蛛 (fubu)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 蜘蛛 (xubu)
- Okinawan: 蜘蛛 (kubu, kūbā) (< *kobu, *kobuwa)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 蜘蛛 (hibū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 蜘蛛 (xup)
- ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 蜘蛛 (mankubo)
- Yoron: 蜘蛛 (fubu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 蜘蛛 (kuv)
- Yaeyama: 蜘蛛 (kubu)
- Yonaguni: 蜘蛛 (kubu)