Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/imanta
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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. |
Proto-Japonic
[edit]Reconstruction
[edit]Comparative reconstruction of Western Old Japanese and Eastern Old Japanese forms imaⁿda, and Ryukyuan forms, using Okinawan languages.[1]
Etymology
[edit]In Japanese sources, regarded as a compound of *ima (“now”) + *nta (from *ntani, possibly a contraction of にてあるに (ni te aru ni)).[2][3]
Adverb
[edit]*imanta
- yet
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)[1], Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition edition, volume 1, →ISBN, pages 1020-1022, →ISBN
- ^ “未”, in 日本国語大辞典[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “だに”, in 日本国語大辞典[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “なーだ・まーだ【未ーだ・未だ】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.