Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kama

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 *kama (“hearth, stove”).

Alternative reconstructions

• *kamado

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A (*kama, *kamado)

Noun

*kama

1. hearth, stove

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hama)
  • Kunigami: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hamā, hamādu /⁠hàmáː, hàmáːdù⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (xama, xamado)
  • Okinawan: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama /⁠kámà⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hamā, hamadu /⁠hàmáː, hàmádú⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (xama /⁠kʰàmâˑ⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama /⁠kàmá⁠/)
  • Yoron: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hama /⁠hàmà⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama)
  • Yaeyama: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama /⁠kámà⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kamadu /⁠kʰàmádú⁠/)