Proto-Japonic
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Etymology 1
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*ma
- room, space
Descendants
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- Old Japanese: 間 (ma)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *ma
- 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)
Etymology 2
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*ma
- reality, truth
Descendants
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Now used mostly as a prefix in all the descendants.
- Old Japanese: 真 (ma-)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *ma-
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 真 (ma-)
- Kunigami: 真 (ma-)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 真 (ma-)
- Okinawan: 真 (ma-)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 真 (ma-)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 真 (ma-)
- Toku-No-Shima: 真 (ma-)
- Yoron: 真 (ma-)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 真 (ma-)
- Yaeyama: 真 (ma-)
- Yonaguni: 真 (ma-)