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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Japonic *na (name).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tone class: A

Noun edit

*na

  1. name
Descendants edit
  • Northern Ryukyuan: (/⁠na⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai:
      Aden: () (tone class AB)
      Araki: () (tone class AB)
      Kamikatetsu: () (tone class AB)
      Nakasato: () (tone class AB)
      Onotsu: () (tone class A)
      Sakamine: () (tone class AB)
      Shiomichi: () (tone class AB)
      Shitōke: () (tone class A)
      Wan: () (tone class AB)
    • Kunigami:
      Iejima: ()
      Iheya: ()
      Izena: ()
      Hentona: ()
      Kudaka: ()
      Nago: ()
      Nakijin: () (tone class A)
      Sakimotobu: ()
      Sumuide: ()
    • Northern Amami-Oshima:
      Naze: (na) (tone class AB)
      Yuwan: ()
    • Okinawan:
      Naha: ()
      Shuri: () (tone class A)
    • Oki-No-Erabu:
      Kamihirakawa: () (tone class A)
      Kamishiro: () (tone class A)
      Kunigami: () (tone class A)
      Serikaku: ()
      Tetechina: ()
      Wadomari: ()
    • Southern Amami-Oshima:
      Koniya: ()
      Shodon: () (tone class A)
    • Toku-No-Shima:
      Asama: ()
      Inō: ()
      Kametsu: () (tone class A)
      San: ()
    • Yoron: () (tone class A)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *na (tone class A) (Bentley, 2008)
    • Miyako:
      Aragusuku: ()
      Bora: ()
      Fukuzato: ()
      Higa: ()
      Hirara: ()
      Ikema: () (tone class B)
      Irabu: ()
      Karimata: ()
      Kugai: ()
      Kuninaka: ()
      Kurima: ()
      Minna: () (tone class A)
      Miyaguni: ()
      Nagahama: ()
      Nagama: ()
      Nakachi: ()
      Nishihigashi: ()
      Nishizato: ()
      Nobaru: ()
      Ōgami: ()
      Ōura: ()
      Sarahama: ()
      Sawada: ()
      Shimajiri: ()
      Shimozato: ()
      Sunagawa: ()
      Uechi: ()
      Tarama: () (tone class A)
      Tomori: ()
      Uechi: ()
      Uruka: ()
      Yonaha: () (tone class AB)
    • Yaeyama:
      Aragusuku: ()
      Hateruma: (nan) (tone class A)
      Hatoma: ()
      Ishigaki: () (tone class A)
      Kohama: ()
      Kuroshima: ()
      Sonai: () (tone class A)
      Taketomi: ()
    • Yonaguni: () (tone class A)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Japonic *na (side dish).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tone class: B

Noun edit

*na

  1. greens
Descendants edit
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai:
      Araki: () (tone class AB)
      Onotsu: () (tone class A)
      Shitōke: () (tone class BC)
    • Kunigami:
      Nakijin: () (tone class B)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima:
      Naze: (na) (tone class AB)
    • Okinawan:
      Naha: ()
      Shuri: () (tone class B)
    • Oki-No-Erabu:
      Kamihirakawa: () (tone class B)
      Kunigami: () (tone class B)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima:
      Shodon: () (tone class B)
    • Toku-No-Shima:
      Asama: () (tone class B)
    • Yoron: () (tone class B)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako:
      Bora: ()
      Hirara: ()
      Irabu: ()
      Nobaru: ()
      Sawada: ()
      Sunagawa: ()
    • Yaeyama:
      Ishigaki: () (tone class B)
      Hateruma: (nan) (tone class B)
    • Yonaguni: () (tone class B)