Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mə

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

Particle

*mə

1. non-unique topic marker: also, even, too, as well

Descendants

• Old Japanese: も (mo)
  • Japanese: も (mo)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mo
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: む (mu), ん (n)
    • Kunigami: む (mu)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: む (mu), ん (n)
    • Okinawan: ん (n)
    • Okinoerabu: む (mu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: む (mu), むっ (m)
    • Tokunoshima: ん (n)
    • Yoron: ん (n)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: ん (n)
    • Yonaguni: ん (n)