Where does “əmə” come from?

əmə (Bokar) comes from Proto-Japonic mə, from Arabic مَن — who?; who.

əmə (Bokar): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “əmə”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonicmənon-unique topic marker: also, even, too, as well
2Arabicمَنwho?; who
Every word from Arabic مَن →Every word from Proto-Japonic mə →