Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/okinawa

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 *oki (“offshore”) + *nawa (“rope”).

Proper noun

*okinawa

1. Okinawa

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 沖縄 (fuchinā)
  • Okinawan: 沖縄 (uchinā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 沖縄 (uksïnā)
  • Yaeyama: 沖縄 (ukïnā)
  • Yonaguni: 沖縄 (unna)