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[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *Mma (“horse”).
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Noun[edit]
*Cma
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan: 烏馬 (uma) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[1]
- Southern Ryukyuan: *Vma (Bentley, 2008b)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *Mma (“good; delicious”).
Adjective[edit]
*Cma
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 旨ーせん, 甘ーせん, 味ーせん, 美ーせん, 巧ーせん, 美味ーせん, 甘美ーせん, 上手ーせん (mmāsen)[2]
- Okinawan: 旨ーさん, 甘ーさん, 味ーさん, 美ーさん, 巧ーさん, 美味ーさん, 甘美ーさん, 上手ーさん (māsan)[2]
- Oki-No-Erabu: 旨ーさん, 甘ーさん, 味ーさん, 美ーさん, 巧ーさん, 美味ーさん, 甘美ーさん, 上手ーさん (māsan)[3]
- Toku-No-Shima: 旨ぁあい, 甘ぁあい, 味ぁあい, 美ぁあい, 巧ぁあい, 美味ぁあい, 甘美ぁあい, 上手ぁあい (mäai)
- Yoron: 旨さい, 甘さい, 味さい, 美さい, 巧さい, 美味さい, 甘美さい, 上手さい (masai)[4]
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References[edit]
- ^ Lin (2015)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 843
- ^ “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.
- ^ “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.