Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mape

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

Etymology

Compound of *may (“eye”) +‎ *pia (“direction”). Final *y in *may gets deleted, as no consonant clusters can exist in Proto-Japonic.

Noun

*mape

1. before, front

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 前 (mape₁)
  • Japanese: 前 (mae)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mae
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 前 (mëë)
    • Kunigami: 前 (mē)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 前 (mëë, me)
    • Okinawan: 前 (mē)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 前 (me)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 前 (mëë, më)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 前 (mëë)
    • Yoron: 前 (mē)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 前 (mai)
    • Yaeyama: 前 (mai)
    • Yonaguni: 前 (mai)