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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mmay

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Possibly related to Middle Chinese 梅 (MC muʌi).[1][2][3]

Noun

*mmay

  1. plum

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 梅 (ume2)
    • Japanese: 梅 (ume, mume)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mme
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏乜 (ume) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[4]
      • Okinawan: 梅 (nmi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 梅 (mmi)

References
  1. Alexander Vovin (2014), “Out of Southern China?”, in XXVIIes Journées de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale‎
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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