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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/məsi

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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

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Reconstruction

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The /ə/ in this word is reconstructed on the basis of the modern Japanese descendant 若し (moshi); if that vowel were /o/, it would have resulted in modern Japanese *mushi instead of moshi.

Pronunciation

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  • Accent class: 2.x

Adverb

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*məsi

  1. if

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: 若し (mosi)
    • Japanese: 若し (moshi, Heian RL, Tokyo 1 [HL(L)], Kyoto 2 [HL(L)], Kagoshima A [HL(L)])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mosi
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kunigami: 若し (mushi /⁠múɕì⁠/)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 若し (moshi)
      • Okinawan: 若し (mushi /⁠múɕì⁠/)
      • Yoron: 若し (mushi /⁠múɕí⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *mosi, *mosi-ka
      • Miyako: 若すか (musï-ka)
      • Yaeyama: 若しぃ (musï /⁠músɨ̥̀⁠/), 若しぃか (musï-ka /⁠músɨ̥́-kà⁠/)
      • Yonaguni: 若しかん (mushi-kan /⁠mùɕí-káŋ⁠/) (with irregular lack of fortition)