Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inama

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inama. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inama, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inama in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inama you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inama will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/inama, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 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

According to one theory, the descendants would experience a sound shift via ⟨*ima⟩ (c.f. *ima (“already”)), by */ʔimja/ → */ʔmja/ → */na/.[1] However, all reflexes point to initial *ina-ma (second component identical to *ma (“place, space”)), with progressive palatalization operating in Northern Ryukyuan. Compare Proto-Ryukyuan *miyako > Miyako 宮古 (myāku) and Okinawan 宮古 (nāku).

Adverb

*inama

  1. now

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: *inyama
    • Kikai: 今 (nyama)
    • Kunigami: 今 (nanma)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 今 (nama)
    • Okinawan: 今 (nama)
    • Okinoerabu: 今 (nama)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 今 (nama)
    • Tokunoshima: 今 (nā)
    • Yoron: 今 (nyama)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *ïnama
    • Miyako: 今 (nnama)
    • Yaeyama: 今 (nama)
    • Yonaguni: 今 (nai, nnai) (< *inae)

References

  1. ^ “なま【今】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia