< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sinobi
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *sinənpu (“to hide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinobi/
Verb
*sinobi
- to hide
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 忍ーびん (shinūbin)
- Okinawan: 忍ぶん (shinubun)