Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nabe

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 *nanpay (“pot”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: C

Noun

*nabe

1. pot

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 鍋 (nabi)
  • Kunigami: 鍋 (nabi /⁠nábì⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 鍋 (nabï)
  • Okinawan: 鍋 (nābi /⁠nàːbì⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 鍋 (nabi /⁠nàbî⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 鍋 (nabï /⁠nàbɨ̀ˑ⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 鍋 (nabï /⁠nábɨ̀⁠/)
  • Yoron: 鍋 (nabi /⁠nábí⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 鍋 (nabi)
  • Yaeyama: 鍋 (nabi /⁠nábí⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 鍋 (nabi /⁠nàbî⁠/)