Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mak-a-

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Verb

*mak-a- (infinitive *makay)

  1. defeat
  2. lose

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 負く (maku)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *make
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 負きゆい (makiyui), 負ーゆい (mēyui)
      • Kunigami: 負きーるん (makīrun)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 負へるり (meheruri)
      • Okinawan: 負きゆん (makiyun)
      • Okinoerabu: 負きゆん (makiyun)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 負へぇゆむっ (mïhëyum)
      • Tokunoshima: 負ぇりぃ (mëërï)
      • Yoron: 負いゆん (maiyun)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 負き (maki)
      • Yaeyama: 負きるん (makirun)
      • Yonaguni: 負ぎるん (magirun)