Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yama

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *yama (“forest; mountain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jama/

Noun

*yama

forest
mountain

Derived terms

*yamato (“Yamato”) (possibly)

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 亞馬 (yama) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
- Kikai: 山 (やま, yama)
- Kunigami: 山 (やまー, yamā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 山 (やま, yama)
- Okinawan: 山 (やま, yama)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 山 (やま, yama)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 山 (やま, yama)
- Toku-No-Shima: 山 (やま, yama)
- Yoron: 山 (やま, yama)
Southern Ryukyuan: *yama (Bentley, 2008)
- Miyako: 山 (やま, yama)
- Yaeyama: 山 (やま, yama)
- Yonaguni: 山 (だま, dama)