Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/Mmaga

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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

From Proto-Japonic *Mmanka (grandchild). The Yonaguni reflex exhibits raising of */a/ to /u/ under the influence of the previous nasal cluster.

Alternative reconstructions

Noun

*Mmaga

  1. grandchild

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (umangā)
    • Kunigami: ('māga)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: ('maga)
    • Okinawan: ('nmaga)
    • Okinoerabu: ('māga)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (maga, magā)
    • Tokunoshima: ('maga, 'māga)
    • Yoron: (umaga)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (mmaga)
    • Yaeyama: ()
    • Yonaguni: (ma'ngu)