Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nami

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 *nami (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*nami

1. wave

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
  • Kunigami: 波, 浪, 濤 (namī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
  • Okinawan: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 波, 浪, 濤 (nāmī, nānī)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 波, 浪, 濤 (nami)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 波, 浪, 濤 (namī)
  • Yoron: 波, 浪, 濤 (nan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 波, 浪, 濤 (namï)
  • Yaeyama: 波, 浪, 濤 (nan)
  • Yonaguni: 波, 浪, 濤 (nan)