Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ma-

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 *ma (“reality, truth”).

Prefix

*ma-

1. true

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 真 (ma-)
  • Kunigami: 真 (ma-)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 真 (ma-)
  • Okinawan: 真 (ma-)
  • Okinoerabu: 真 (ma-)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 真 (ma-)
  • Tokunoshima: 真 (ma-)
  • Yoron: 真 (ma-)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 真 (ma-)
  • Yaeyama: 真 (ma-)
  • Yonaguni: 真 (ma-)