Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/imanta

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

Reconstruction

Comparative reconstruction of Western Old Japanese and Eastern Old Japanese forms imaⁿda, and Ryukyuan forms, using Okinawan languages.[1]

Etymology

In Japanese sources, regarded as a compound of *ima (“now”) +‎ *nta (from *ntani, possibly a contraction of にてあるに (ni te aru ni)).[2][3]

Adverb

*imanta

yet

Descendents

Old Japanese: いまだ (imada)
- Japanese: いまだ (imada), まだ (mada)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *imada
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Okinawan: なーだ (nāda)[4]

References

Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)‎, volume 1, Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition edition, →ISBN, pages 1020-1022, →ISBN
“未”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
“だに”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
“なーだ・まーだ【未ーだ・未だ】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

[1] Alexander Vovin (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan; 16)‎, volume 1, Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition edition, →ISBN, pages 1020-1022, →ISBN

[KDJ2-imada-2] “未”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[KDJ2-dani-3] “だに”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[4] “なーだ・まーだ【未ーだ・未だ】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.