Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/amay

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 1

Probably related to the word below.

Noun

*amay

rain

Descendants

Old Japanese: 雨 (ame₂)
- Japanese: 雨 (ame, ama)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ame
- Northern Ryukyuan: 아믜 (ame) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 雨 (ami, amï)
  - Kunigami: 雨 (amī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 雨 (amï)
  - Okinawan: 雨 (ami)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 雨 (ami, amī)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 雨 (amï)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 雨 (amï, amïï)
  - Yoron: 雨 (ami)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 雨 (ami)
  - Yaeyama: 雨 (āmi)
  - Yonaguni: 雨 (ami)

Etymology 2

Probably related to the word above.

Noun

*amay

sky

Descendants

Old Japanese: 天 (ame₂, ama)
- Japanese: 天, [script needed] (ame, ama)

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