Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/katana

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

From Proto-Japonic *katana (“knife”).

Noun

*katana

1. knife

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 刀 (hatana)
  • Kunigami: 刀 (hatāna)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 刀 (xaθana)
  • Okinawan: 刀 (katana)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 刀 (hatana)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 刀 (xatna)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 刀 (katana)
  • Yoron: 刀 (hatana)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 刀 (katana)
  • Yaeyama: 刀 (katana)
  • Yonaguni: 刀 (katana)