Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/pama

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 *pama (“beach”).

Noun

*pama

1. beach

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 浜 (fama, hama)
  • Kunigami: 浜 (phamā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 浜 (hama)
  • Okinawan: 浜 (hama)
  • Okinoerabu: 浜 (hama)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 浜 (hama)
  • Tokunoshima: 浜 (hāma)
  • Yoron: 浜 (pama)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 浜 (pama)
  • Yaeyama: 浜 (pama)
  • Yonaguni: 浜 (hama)