Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/y

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

Seen in various Proto-Japonic words. No longer seen or productive in the modern Japonic language family.

Etymology

According to one theory, from earlier Pre-Proto-Japonic *r. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Possibly cognate with Korean nominal particle 이 (i).

Particle

*y

emphatic nominal particle

Descendants

Old Japanese: い (i)

Derived terms

*kamuy (“god”)
*poy (“fire”)
*munay (“chest”)
*kəy (“tree”)
*napay (“seedling”)
*muy (“body, flesh, meat”)
*tumay (“claw”)
*tay (“hand”)
*kansay (“wind”)
*kankay (“shadow”)
*amay (“the heavens; rain”)
*patakay (“dry field; field (for growing crops)”)
*papay (“fly”)
*takay (“bamboo”)
*koway (“voice”)
*kanay (“metal”)
*may (“eye”)
*pinkay (“beard”)
*kəmay (“rice”)
*kutuy (“mouth”)
*wasay (“early rice”)
*upay (“above”)
*untay (“arm”)
*yəməy (“underworld”)
*mukantay (“centipede”)
*nay (“root”)
*panay (“feather”)
*punay (“boat”)
*sunkuy (“cedar”)
*kay (“hair”)
*awoy (“indigo”) (← *awo (“blue”); compare Old Japanese 藍 (awi, “indigo”, modern ai) and Okinawan 藍 (ē, “indigo”))
*pənay (“bone”)
*mamay (“bean”)
*utuy (“inside”)
*yamuy (“the dark; darkness”, noun)