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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sima

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

Etymology

Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Middle Korean 셤 (syem).[1]

May also be related to a cluster of verbs arising from root sim-, as in modern Japanese 閉める・閉まる (shimeru - shimaru, “to close, to close off [intransitive, transitive]”). Compare Latin insula and Latin insulatus.

Noun

*sima

  1. island
  2. land

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 島 (sima)
    • Japanese: 島 (shima)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *sima (“island, land; community”)
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 시마 (/⁠si.ma⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: 島 (shima)
      • Kunigami: 島 (shimā)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 島 (shima)
      • Okinawan: 島 (shima)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 島 (shima)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 島 (shima)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 島 (sïma)
      • Yoron: 島 (shima)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 島 (sïma)
      • Yaeyama: 島 (sïma)
      • Yonaguni: 島 (chima)

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎, volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.
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