Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ma

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

Etymology 1

Noun

*ma

1. room, space

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 間 (ma)
  • Japanese: 間 (ma)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ma
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 間 (ma)
    • Kunigami: 間 (ma)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 間 (ma)
    • Okinawan: 間 (ma)
    • Okinoerabu: 間 (ma)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 間 (ma)
    • Tokunoshima: 間 (ma)
    • Yoron: 間 (ma)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 間 (ma)
    • Yaeyama: 間 (ma)
    • Yonaguni: 間 (ma)

Etymology 2

Noun

*ma

1. reality, truth

Descendants

Now used mostly as a prefix in all the descendants.

• Old Japanese: 真 (ma-)
  • Japanese: 真 (ma)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ma-
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 真 (ma-)
    • Kunigami: 真 (ma-)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 真 (ma-)
    • Okinawan: 真 (ma-)
    • Okinoerabu: 真 (ma-)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 真 (ma-)
    • Tokunoshima: 真 (ma-)
    • Yoron: 真 (ma-)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 真 (ma-)
    • Yaeyama: 真 (ma-)
    • Yonaguni: 真 (ma-)