Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kama
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Possibly cognate with Korean 가마 (gama, “kiln; oven”).[1][2]
Noun edit
*kama
Descendants edit
- Old Japanese: 釜, 窯, 竃, 竈, 缶 (kama, kamado)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *kama, *kamado
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hama)
- Kunigami: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hamā, hamādu /hàmáː, hàmáːdù/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (xama, xamado)
- Okinawan: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama /kámà/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hamā, hamadu /hàmáː, hàmádú/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (xama /kʰàmâˑ/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama /kàmá/)
- Yoron: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hama /hàmà/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Ryukyuan:
References edit
- ^ “かま 【竈・釜・窯・罐・缶】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
- ^ 小松寿雄 (Hisao Komatsu), editor (2011), 新明解語源辞典 (Shin Meikai Gogen Jiten, literally “New Explication Etymology Dictionary”), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
