Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nanuka

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 *nanuka (“seven days”).

Numeral

*nanuka

1. seven days

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 七日 (nanka) (in compounds)
  • Kunigami: 七日 (nankā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 七日 (nanxa)
  • Okinawan: 七日 (nanka)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 七日 (nankā)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 七日 (nanka)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 七日 (nanka)
  • Yoron: 七日 (nanuka)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 七日 (nanuka)
  • Yaeyama: 七日 (nanuka, nanka)
  • Yonaguni: 七日 (nanka)