Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/Cma

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Japonic *Mma (horse).

Alternative reconstructions edit

Noun edit

*Cma

  1. horse
Descendants edit
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏馬 (uma) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[1]
    • Kikai: (ma, uma)
    • Kunigami: ('mā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: ('mā)
    • Okinawan: ('nma, 'nmā)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: ()
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: ('mā)
    • Toku-No-Shima: ()
    • Yoron: (uma)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *Vma (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: (mma)
    • Yaeyama: (mma)
    • Yonaguni: (nma)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Japonic *Mma (good; delicious).

Adjective edit

*Cma

  1. good
  2. delicious
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Lin (2015)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 843
  3. ^ まーさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  4. ^ まさい【旨さい・美味さい・甘さい・上手さい・巧さい】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.