Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/naga

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 *nanka (“long”).

Adjective

*naga

1. long (both spatial and temporal)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 長ーさい, 永ーさい (nagāsai, nāsai)
  • Kunigami: 長ーせん, 永ーせん (nagāsen)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 長さり, 永さり (nagasari)
  • Okinawan: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 長ーさむっ, 永ーさむっ (nagasam)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 長あい, 永あい (nagaai)
  • Yoron: 長さん, 永さん (nagasan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 長, 永 (naga)
  • Yaeyama: 長ーさん, 永ーさん (nāsan)
  • Yonaguni: 長ーん, 永ーん (nān)