Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ma

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.

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Proto-Ryukyuan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Japonic *ma (“room, space”).

Noun edit

*ma

room, space
Synonym: *awi

Derived terms edit

*koma (“here”)

Descendants edit

Now used as an affix in the modern descendants.

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 間 (ma)
- Kunigami: 間 (ma)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 間 (ma)
- Okinawan: 間 (ma)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 間 (ma)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 間 (ma)
- Toku-No-Shima: 間 (ma)
- Yoron: 間 (ma)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 間 (ma)
- Yaeyama: 間 (ma)
- Yonaguni: 間 (ma)