Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ma

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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

Etymology 1

Noun

*ma

  1. room, space
Descendants
  • Old Japanese: (ma)
    • Japanese: (ma)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ma
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (ma)
      • Kunigami: (ma)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (ma)
      • Okinawan: (ma)
      • Okinoerabu: (ma)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (ma)
      • Tokunoshima: (ma)
      • Yoron: (ma)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (ma)
      • Yaeyama: (ma)
      • Yonaguni: (ma)

Etymology 2

Noun

*ma

  1. reality, truth
Descendants

Now used mostly as a prefix in all the descendants.

  • Old Japanese: (ma-)
    • Japanese: (ma)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ma-
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (ma-)
      • Kunigami: (ma-)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (ma-)
      • Okinawan: (ma-)
      • Okinoerabu: (ma-)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (ma-)
      • Tokunoshima: (ma-)
      • Yoron: (ma-)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (ma-)
      • Yaeyama: (ma-)
      • Yonaguni: (ma-)