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

1. 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)