Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/Cma

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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 1

From Proto-Japonic *Mma (horse).

Alternative reconstructions

Noun

*Cma

  1. horse
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏馬 (uma) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[1]
    • Kikai: (ma, uma)
    • Kunigami: ('mā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: ('mā)
    • Okinawan: ('nma, 'nmā)
    • Okinoerabu: ()
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: ('mā)
    • Tokunoshima: ()
    • Yoron: (uma)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *Vma (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: (mma)
    • Yaeyama: (mma)
    • Yonaguni: (nma)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *Mma (good; delicious).

Adjective

*Cma

  1. good
  2. delicious
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Lin (2015)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 843
  3. ^ まーさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  4. ^ まさい【旨さい・美味さい・甘さい・上手さい・巧さい】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.