Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ima

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ima (“now”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Adverb

*ima

1. already

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: にゃー (nyā)
  • Kunigami: なー (nā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
  • Okinawan: なー (nā), にゃー (nyā), みゃー (myā)
  • Okinoerabu: っにゃー ('nyā), にゃー (nyā), なー (nā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
  • Tokunoshima: っにゃー ('nyā)
  • Yoron: にゃー (nyā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: んにゃ (nnya)
  • Yaeyama: めー (mē)
  • Yonaguni: まー (mā)