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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/-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.
 This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Suffix

*-a

  1. attaches to verbs to create nouns denoting the result of the action of the verb[1]

Derived terms
  • *anpura (“fat, grease; oil”, from *anpuru (“to roast”))
  • *makura (“pillow”, possibly, from *makuru (“to form into a roll”))
  • *mura (“gathering; village”, from *muru (“to gather together”))
  • *sima (“island”, possibly, from *simu (“to close”))
  • *tuka (“mound”, from *tuku (“to pile up, to build up”))
  • *tura (“line, row; bowstring; vine; cheeks, face”, possibly, from *turu (“to be in a row, to hang down”))
  • *əya (“one's elder; parent”, from *əyu (“to age, to become old”))

See also

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2021) “Names of Large Exotic Animals and the Urheimat of Japonic”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, number 3, page 108
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