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OJ has /i-/ as a second person pronoun (found in /i-masi/), which would match with Ryukyuan */e-/ and hence allow for a PJ *e. An alternative reconstruction *o > *o-re also explains OJp. /o-re/.
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==Proto-Japonic==
==Proto-Japonic==
{{rfv|jpx-pro|What justification do we have for reconstructing any such Japonic lemma? Nothing in Japanese suggests this, and the purported Ryukyuan descendants are a confusing mish-mash of phonological inconsistencies.}}
{{rfv|jpx-pro|What justification do we have for reconstructing any such Japonic lemma? Nothing in Japanese suggests this, and the purported Ryukyuan descendants are a confusing mish-mash of phonological inconsistencies.}}
===Alternative reconstructions===
* {{alter|jpx-pro|*o}}


===Pronoun===
===Pronoun===
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====Declension====
====Declension====
Nominative {{m|jpx-pro||*u}}, accusative {{m|jpx-pro||*unu}}, genitive {{m|jpx-pro||*o}}.
Nominative {{m|jpx-pro||*u}}, accusative {{m|jpx-pro||*unu}}, genitive {{m|jpx-pro||*o}}/{{m|jpx-pro||*e}}.


====Descendants====
====Descendants====

Revision as of 23:10, 20 March 2023

 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

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Alternative reconstructions

Pronoun

*ə

  1. you (singular)

Declension

Nominative *u, accusative *unu, genitive *o/*e.

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 己 (unu) (from the accusative)
    • Japanese: 己 (unu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *u (see there for further descendants)
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