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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/
-nai
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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Suffix
1.2.1
Descendants
Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From
Proto-Japonic
*-nu
(
verb negativizer
)
.
Suffix
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*-nai
Negativizes a verb in the irrealis stem.
Descendants
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Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
ねーん
(
-nēn
)
,
ねーらん
(
-nēran
)
Kunigami:
ねー
(
-nē
)
,
ぬ
(
-nu
)
Northern Amami Ōshima:
ねん
(
-nen
)
Okinawan:
ねーん
(
-nēn
)
Okinoerabu:
ん
(
-n
)
Southern Amami Ōshima:
ねむっ
(
-nem
)
,
ねーむっ
(
-nēm
)
Yoron:
ねん
(
-nen
)
,
ねんぬ
(
-nennu
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
なーん
(
-nān
)
Yaeyama:
ねーぬ
(
-nēnu
)
Yonaguni:
みぬん
(
-minun
)
Categories
:
Proto-Ryukyuan terms inherited from Proto-Japonic
Proto-Ryukyuan terms derived from Proto-Japonic
Proto-Ryukyuan lemmas
Proto-Ryukyuan suffixes
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