Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mak-a-

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.

Proto-Japonic

Verb

*mak-a- (infinitive *makai)

1. defeat
2. lose

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 負く (maku)
  • Japanese: 負ける (makeru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *make
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 負きゆい (makiyui), 負ーゆい (mēyui)
    • Kunigami: 負きーるん (makīrun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 負へるり (meheruri)
    • Okinawan: 負きゆん (makiyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 負きゆん (makiyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 負へぇゆむっ (mïhëyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 負ぇりぃ (mëërï)
    • Yoron: 負いゆん (maiyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 負き (maki)
    • Yaeyama: 負きるん (makirun)
    • Yonaguni: 負ぎるん (magirun)