Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/Mmaga

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *Mmanka (“grandchild”).

Alternative reconstructions

• *umaga (Thorpe, 1983)

Noun

*Mmaga

1. grandchild

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 孫 (umangā)
  • Kunigami: 孫 ('māga)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 孫 ('maga)
  • Okinawan: 孫 ('nmaga)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 孫 ('māga)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 孫 (maga, magā)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 孫 ('maga, 'māga)
  • Yoron: 孫 (umaga)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 孫 (mmaga)
  • Yaeyama: 孫 (mā)
  • Yonaguni: 孫 (ma'ngu) (< *Mmago)