Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ima

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.
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Proto-Japonic

Adverb

*ima

  1. now

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 今 (ima)
    • Japanese: 今 (ima)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ima (“already”)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: にゃー (nyā)
      • Kunigami: なー (nā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
      • Okinawan: なー (nā), にゃー (nyā), みゃー (myā)
      • Okinoerabu: っにゃー ('nyā), にゃー (nyā), なー (nā)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: にゃー (nyā)
      • Tokunoshima: っにゃー ('nyā)
      • Yoron: にゃー (nyā)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: んにゃ (nnya)
      • Yaeyama: めー (mē)
      • Yonaguni: まー (mā)
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