Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mape

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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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Etymology

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Compound of *may (eye) +‎ *pia (direction). Final *y in *may gets deleted, as no consonant clusters can exist in Proto-Japonic.

Noun

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*mape

  1. before, front

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (mape1)
    • Japanese: (mae)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mae
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (mëë)
      • Kunigami: ()
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (mëë, me)
      • Okinawan: ()
      • Okinoerabu: (me)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (mëë, më)
      • Tokunoshima: (mëë)
      • Yoron: ()
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (mai)
      • Yaeyama: (mai)
      • Yonaguni: (mai)