Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mmay

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

Alternative reconstructions

*mumay (Vovin, 2014)[1]

Etymology

Possibly related to Middle Chinese 梅 (MC muʌi).[1][2][3]

Noun

*mmay

plum

Descendants

Old Japanese: 梅 (ume₂)
- Japanese: 梅 (ume, mume)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mme
- Northern Ryukyuan: 烏乜 (ume) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[4]
  - Okinawan: 梅 (nmi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 梅 (mmi)

References

Alexander Vovin (2014), “Out of Southern China?”, in XXVIIes Journées de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale‎
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa

[OSC-1] Alexander Vovin (2014), “Out of Southern China?”, in XXVIIes Journées de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale‎

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[4] Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa