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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nanpai

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.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

In Japanese sources, explained as originally a compound of Old Japanese elements (na, small snack, hors d'oeuvre) + (he, a pot or pan for holding food or beverages).[1][2] The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 2.5a

Noun

*nanpai

  1. pot

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (nabe2)
    • Japanese: (nabe, Heian LF, Tokyo 1 [LH(L)], Kyoto 1:25 [LF ~ LH(L)], Kagoshima B [LH(L)])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *nabe (tone class C)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (nabi)
      • Kunigami: (nabi /⁠nábì⁠/)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: (nabï)
      • Okinawan: (nābi /⁠nàːbì⁠/)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: (nabi /⁠nàbî⁠/)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: (nabï /⁠nàbɨ̀ˑ⁠/)
      • Toku-No-Shima: (nabï /⁠nábɨ̀⁠/)
      • Yoron: (nabi /⁠nábí⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (nabi)
      • Yaeyama: (nabi /⁠nábí⁠/)
      • Yonaguni: (nabi /⁠nàbî⁠/)

References

  1. Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 531
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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