Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ama

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

Adjective

*ama

sweet

Descendants

Old Japanese: 甘 (ama)
- Japanese: 甘い (amai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ama
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 甘さい (amasai)
  - Kunigami: 甘ーせん (amāsen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 甘さり (amasari)
  - Okinawan: 甘さん (amasan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 甘さん (amasan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 甘さむっ (amasam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 甘ーはい (amāhai)
  - Yoron: 甘さん (amasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 甘 (ama)
  - Yaeyama: 甘さん (amasan)
  - Yonaguni: 甘ん (aman)

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