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「兄」

yupihigh
Yupi is the documented possessed stem of yup “elder brother” and fits ユービ, including the final vowel. Chiri also records bare third-person and extended kinship uses. Modern spelling omits the length mark and uses p; this does not establish the original vowel duration. Tamura distinguishes relational yupi from the usual address form yupo. The source only says 兄, so no address construction is inferred.
Tamura 1996 s.v. yupi(hi)「(概は yup ユㇷ゚)…の兄、 彼/彼女の兄。…」; Kayano 1996 s.v. yup/yupi(hi)「ユㇷ゚/ユピ(ヒ) 【yup/yupi(hi)】兄.」; Chiri, Human II §023(2); Batchelor 1938 s.v. Yupi「n. An elder brother. / v.t. To tie up. To strengthen. To shore up.」, PDF p.581Source passage
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  1. National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 26, line 9 · ユービ

    …ク クアニ カニ汝イ イアニ ヤニ父ハンベ ミチ アチヤ母ハボ兄ユービ弟アキ伯父ケウシユプ伯母コンナリペ姉シヤー妹ツ゚レシ クツレシポ孫シツポホ ミチボ甥カロク カル…