Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mape

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

Etymology

Compound of *may (“eye”) +‎ *pia (“direction”). Final *y in *may gets deleted, as no consonant clusters can exist in Proto-Japonic.

Noun

*mape

  1. before, front

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 前 (mape1)
    • Japanese: 前 (mae)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mae
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 前 (mëë)
      • Kunigami: 前 (mē)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 前 (mëë, me)
      • Okinawan: 前 (mē)
      • Okinoerabu: 前 (me)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 前 (mëë, më)
      • Tokunoshima: 前 (mëë)
      • Yoron: 前 (mē)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 前 (mai)
      • Yaeyama: 前 (mai)
      • Yonaguni: 前 (mai)
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