Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nono

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 *nono (“cloth”).

Noun

*nono

1. cloth

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 布 (nunu)
  • Kunigami: 布 (nūnū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 布 (nono)
  • Okinawan: 布 (nunu)
  • Okinoerabu: 布 (nunu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 布 (nuno)
  • Tokunoshima: 布 (noro)
  • Yoron: 布 (nunu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 布 (nunu)
  • Yaeyama: 布 (nunu)
  • Yonaguni: 布 (nunu)