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Where does “ま” come from?

ま (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese ま.

ま (Japanese): 間 space; room; 目 prefixal bound form of め; 真 the...

Definitions

  1. 間 space; room; 目 prefixal bound form of め; 真 the...

Ancestry of “ま”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseま—
Every word from Old Japanese ま →