Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kama
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Proto-Japonic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly cognate with Korean 가마 (gama, “kiln; oven”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*kama
Descendants
[edit]- Old Japanese: 釜, 窯, 竃, 竈, 缶 (kama, kamado)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *kama, *kamado
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hama)
- Kunigami: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hamā, hamādu /hàmáː, hàmáːdù/)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (xama, xamado)
- Okinawan: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama /kámà/)
- Okinoerabu: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hamā, hamadu /hàmáː, hàmádú/)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (xama /kʰàmâˑ/)
- Tokunoshima: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (kama /kàmá/)
- Yoron: 竈, 釜, 窯, 罐, 缶 (hama /hàmà/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Ryukyuan:
References
[edit]- ^ “かま 【竈・釜・窯・罐・缶】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ^ 小松寿雄 (Hisao Komatsu), editor (2011), 新明解語源辞典 (Shin Meikai Gogen Jiten, literally “New Explication Etymology Dictionary”), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN