Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nana

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

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Cardinal: *nana

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 難隱 (*nanən).

Numeral

*nana

1. seven

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 七 (nana)
  • Japanese: 七 (nana)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *nana
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 七 (nana)
    • Kunigami: 七 (nana)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 七 (nana)
    • Okinawan: 七 (nana)
    • Okinoerabu: 七 (nana)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 七 (nana)
    • Tokunoshima: 七 (nana)
    • Yoron: 七 (nana)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 七 (nana)
    • Yaeyama: 七 (nana)
    • Yonaguni: 七 (nana)