Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ama

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.

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Proto-Japonic

Adjective

*ama

1. sweet

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 甘 (ama)
  • Japanese: 甘い (amai)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ama
  • 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)