Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ima

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 *ima (“now”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Adverb

*ima

  1. already

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: にゃー (nyā)
    • Kunigami: なー (nā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
    • Okinawan: なー (nā), にゃー (nyā), みゃー (myā)
    • Okinoerabu: っにゃー ('nyā), にゃー (nyā), なー (nā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
    • Tokunoshima: っにゃー ('nyā)
    • Yoron: にゃー (nyā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: んにゃ (nnya)
    • Yaeyama: めー (mē)
    • Yonaguni: まー (mā)
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