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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/na

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *na (“name”).

Noun

*na

  1. name
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 나 (/⁠na⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 名 (nā)
    • Kunigami: 名 (nā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 名 (nā)
    • Okinawan: 名 (nā)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 名 (nā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 名 (nā)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 名 (nā)
    • Yoron: 名 (nā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *na (Bentley, 2008)
    • Miyako: 名 (nā)
    • Yaeyama: 名 (nā)
    • Yonaguni: 名 (nā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *na (“side dish”).

Noun

*na

  1. greens
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 菜 (nā)
    • Kunigami: 菜 (nā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 菜 (na)
    • Okinawan: 菜 (nā)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 菜 (nā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 菜 (nā)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 菜 (na, nā)
    • Yoron: 菜 (nā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 菜 (nā)
    • Yaeyama: 菜 (nā)
    • Yonaguni: 菜 (nā)
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