Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mape

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

Compound of *may (“eye”) +‎ *pia (“direction”). Final *y in *may gets deleted, as no consonant clusters can exist in Proto-Japonic.

Noun

*mape

before, front

Descendants

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

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