Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/-a

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Proto-Japonic

Suffix

*-a

  1. attaches to verbs to create nouns denoting the result of the action of the verb[1]

Derived terms

  • *anpura (“fat, grease; oil”, from *anpuru (“to roast”))
  • *makura (“pillow”, possibly, from *makuru (“to form into a roll”))
  • *mura (“gathering; village”, from *muru (“to gather together”))
  • *sima (“island”, possibly, from *simu (“to close”))
  • *tuka (“mound”, from *tuku (“to pile up, to build up”))
  • *tura (“line, row; bowstring; vine; cheeks, face”, possibly, from *turu (“to be in a row, to hang down”))
  • *əya (“one's elder; parent”, from *əyu (“to age, to become old”))

See also

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2021) “Names of Large Exotic Animals and the Urheimat of Japonic”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, number 3, page 108
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