Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ma

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 *ma (“room, space”).

Noun

*ma

1. room, space

   Synonym: *awi

Derived terms

• *koma (“here”)

Descendants

Now used as an affix in the modern descendants.

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 間 (ma)
  • Kunigami: 間 (ma)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 間 (ma)
  • Okinawan: 間 (ma)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 間 (ma)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 間 (ma)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 間 (ma)
  • Yoron: 間 (ma)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 間 (ma)
  • Yaeyama: 間 (ma)
  • Yonaguni: 間 (ma)