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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yama

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 *yama (“mountain; forest”).

Noun

*yama

  1. mountain
  2. forest

Derived terms
  • *yamato (“Yamato”) (possibly)
  • *yamabeko (“mountain god; echo”)
  • *yaweyama (“Yaeyama”)

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亞馬 (yama) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 山 (yama)
    • Kunigami: 山 (yamā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 山 (yama)
    • Okinawan: 山 (yama)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 山 (yama, yamā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 山 (yama)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 山 (yama)
    • Yoron: 山 (yama)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *yama (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: 山 (yama)
    • Yaeyama: 山 (yama)
    • Yonaguni: 山 (dama)

References
  • Lin (2015)
  • Thorpe (1983)
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