Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ma

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ma (“room, space”).

Noun

*ma

room, space
Synonym: *ai

Derived terms

*koma (“here”)

Descendants

Now used as an affix in the modern descendants.

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)