Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mak-

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

Verb

*mak-

1. (transitive) to wrap around

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 巻く (mak-)
  • Japanese: 巻く (maku)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mak-
  • Northern Ryukyuan: まき (mak-) (Nantō Kayō)
    • Kikai: 巻ちゅい (machui)
    • Kunigami: 巻ちゅん (machun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 巻くり (maxuri)
    • Okinawan: 巻ちゅん (machun)
    • Okinoerabu: 巻ちゅん (machun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 巻きゅむ゚ (makyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 巻きゅい (makyui)
    • Yoron: 巻きゅん (makyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 巻くぃ゚ (maksï)
    • Yaeyama: 巻くん (makun)
    • Yonaguni: 巻ぐん (magun)