Reconstruction talk:Proto-Japonic/mənə

Etymology
, re:, there may be a basis for the OCH derivation. See also related discussion regarding Proto-Japonic and OCH at Category_talk:Proto-Japonic_terms_borrowed_from_Old_Chinese. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:43, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Would the use of be more suitable for possible/suspected borrowings? Anyway, I think it is unlikely for a final /d/ or /t/ as in  to transform into a medial /n/. KevinUp (talk) 19:44, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
 * There are other members of that same phonetic series that end in . Japonic also has long had an aversion to final consonants, so a shift from a final in OCH to a medial -- but still part of the final mora -- would not be at all surprising.  A lack of native final consonants in Japonic could also lead to a final voiced dental stop  being parsed as a voiced dental nasal, especially if the final  were unreleased.
 * I feel like I've run across other examples of similar shifts, but it's been a while. I'll dig a bit.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 20:13, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I would like to see more examples of final {{IPAchar|/-d/}] being parsed as medial . By the way, do you think would be more suitable for possible/suspected borrowings rather than the usual ? I don't think it is a good idea to categorize these borrowings, unless we set up a separate category for possible/unconfirmed borrowings on Wiktionary. KevinUp (talk) 06:09, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I like that idea, using . I presume we would use  or  or similar if we find that academic consensus is moving in that direction?  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 07:23, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, or  can be used if there is some academic consensus on the matter. Otherwise  can be used for suspected borrowings or possible cognates that lack references. KevinUp (talk) 08:01, 4 December 2019 (UTC)