Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ma-

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 *ma (“reality, truth”).

Prefix

*ma-

  1. true

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 真 (ma-)
    • Kunigami: 真 (ma-)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 真 (ma-)
    • Okinawan: 真 (ma-)
    • Okinoerabu: 真 (ma-)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 真 (ma-)
    • Tokunoshima: 真 (ma-)
    • Yoron: 真 (ma-)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 真 (ma-)
    • Yaeyama: 真 (ma-)
    • Yonaguni: 真 (ma-)
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