Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mapya

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mapja/

Noun

*mapya

before, front

Descendants

Old Japanese: 前 (mape₁)
- Japanese: 前 (mae)
Ryukyuan: *mawe
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 前 (めー, mē)
  - Kunigami: 前 (めー, mē)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 前 (めー, mē)
  - Okinawan: 前 (めー, mē)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 前 (めー, mē)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 前 (めー, mē)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 前 (めー, mē)
  - Yoron: 前 (めー, mē)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 前 (まい, mai)
  - Yaeyama: 前 (まい, mai)
  - Yonaguni: 前 (まい, mai)

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