Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mak-ai-

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-ai- (infinitive *makay)

defeat
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 (makhīrun)
  - 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)