Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mata

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 *mata (“again”).

Noun

*mata

1. again

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)
  • Kunigami: 又, 亦, 復 (matā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 又, 亦, 復 (maθa)
  • Okinawan: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)
  • Yoron: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)
  • Yaeyama: 又, 亦, 復 (mada)
  • Yonaguni: 又, 亦, 復 (mata)