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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/amai

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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.
This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

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Noun

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*amai

  1. sky
  2. rain

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (rain), (ame2, ama, sky)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ame
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 아믜 (/⁠amɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: (ami, amï)
      • Kunigami: (amī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (amï)
      • Okinawan: (ami)
      • Okinoerabu: (ami, amī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (amï)
      • Tokunoshima: (amï, amïï)
      • Yoron: (ami)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (ami)
      • Yaeyama: (āmi)
      • Yonaguni: (ami)