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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.
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Proto-Japonic
Etymology
Possibly a compound with the first member being *yama (“mountain”). See also *to, *təkərə.
Proper noun
*yamatə
- Yamato
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 大和 (yamato2)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *yamato
- Northern Ryukyuan: 야마도 (/ja.ma.to/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai: 大和 (yamatu)
- Kunigami: 大和 (yamatū)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 大和 (yamaθo)
- Okinawan: 大和 (yamatu)
- Okinoerabu: 大和 (yamatu)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 大和 (yamatu)
- Tokunoshima: 大和 (yamatu)
- Yoron: 大和 (yamatu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 大和 (yamatu)
- Yaeyama: 大和 (yamatu)
- Yonaguni: 大和 (damatu)