Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/amai

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Noun

*amai

1. sky
2. rain

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 雨 (“rain”), 天 (ame₂, ama, “sky”)
  • Japanese: 雨, 天 (ame, ama)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ame
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 아믜 (/⁠amɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 雨 (ami, amï)
    • Kunigami: 雨 (amī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 雨 (amï)
    • Okinawan: 雨 (ami)
    • Okinoerabu: 雨 (ami, amī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 雨 (amï)
    • Tokunoshima: 雨 (amï, amïï)
    • Yoron: 雨 (ami)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 雨 (ami)
    • Yaeyama: 雨 (āmi)
    • Yonaguni: 雨 (ami)