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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/imanta

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.

Proto-Japonic

Reconstruction

Comparative reconstruction of Western Old Japanese and Eastern Old Japanese forms imaⁿda, and Ryukyuan forms, using Okinawan languages.[1]

Etymology

In Japanese sources, regarded as a compound of *ima (“now”) +‎ *nta (from *ntani, possibly a contraction of にてあるに (ni te aru ni)).[2][3]

Adverb

*imanta

  1. yet

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: いまだ (imada)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *imada
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Okinawan: なーだ (nāda)[4]

References
  1. Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)‎, Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition edition, volume 1, →ISBN, pages 1020-1022, →ISBN
  2. “未”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. “だに”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. “なーだ・まーだ【未ーだ・未だ】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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