Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ima

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Adverb

*ima

now

Descendants

Old Japanese: 今 (ima)
- Japanese: 今 (ima)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *inama
- Northern Ryukyuan: *inyama
  - Kikai: 今 (nyama)
  - Kunigami: 今 (nanma)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 今 (nama)
  - Okinawan: 今 (nama)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 今 (nama)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 今 (nama)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 今 (nā)
  - Yoron: 今 (nyama)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *ïnama
  - Miyako: 今 (nnama)
  - Yaeyama: 今 (nama)
  - Yonaguni: 今 (nai, nnai) (< *inae)

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