Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mənə

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

Noun

*mənə

1. concrete thing (as opposed to *kətə (“abstract thing”))

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 物 (mo₂no₂)
  • Japanese: 物 (mono)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mono
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 物 (munu)
    • Kunigami: 物 (munū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 物 (mun)
    • Okinawan: 物 (munu, mun)
    • Okinoerabu: 物 (munu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 物 (mun)
    • Tokunoshima: 物 (mun)
    • Yoron: 物 (munu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 物 (munu)
    • Yaeyama: 物 (munu)
    • Yonaguni: 物 (munu)