Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/-na

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 *na (“no, not; don't”).

Suffix

*-na

  1. prohibitive marker

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: な (na)
    • Kunigami: な (na)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: な (na)
    • Okinawan: な (na)
    • Okinoerabu: な (na)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: な (na)
    • Tokunoshima: な (na)
    • Yoron: な (na)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: な (na)
    • Yaeyama: な (na)
    • Yonaguni: な (na)
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