Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ima

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Adverb

*ima

now

Descendants

Old Japanese: 今 (ima)
- Japanese: 今 (ima)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ima (“already”)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: にゃー (nyā)
  - Kunigami: なー (nā)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
  - Okinawan: なー (nā), にゃー (nyā), みゃー (myā)
  - Okinoerabu: っにゃー ('nyā), にゃー (nyā), なー (nā)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
  - Tokunoshima: っにゃー ('nyā)
  - Yoron: にゃー (nyā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: んにゃ (nnya)
  - Yaeyama: めー (mē)
  - Yonaguni: まー (mā)