Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nao
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Proto-Ryukyuan edit
Reconstruction edit
Most Ryukyuan words meaning "what" would either be 何 (nō) or 何 (nū). However a form exists in Old Ryukyuan nau, and also literary Miyako 何 (nau), suggesting that the forms result from monophthongization.
Etymology edit
From Proto-Japonic *n-anu- (“what”).
Pronoun edit
*nao[1]
Descendants edit
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan: