Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ama

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ama (“sweet”).

Adjective

*ama

1. sweet

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 甘さい (amasai)
  • Kunigami: 甘ーせん (amāsen)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 甘さり (amasari)
  • Okinawan: 甘さん (amasan)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 甘さん (amasan)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 甘さむっ (amasam)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 甘ーはい (amāhai)
  • Yoron: 甘さん (amasan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 甘 (ama)
  • Yaeyama: 甘さん (amasan)
  • Yonaguni: 甘ん (aman)