Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/natu

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 *natu (“summer”).

Noun

*natu

1. summer

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 夏 (natsu)
  • Kunigami: 夏 (nachī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 夏 (nacï)
  • Okinawan: 夏 (nachi)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 夏 (nachiguri) (< *natuguri)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 夏 (nat)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 夏 (nacïï)
  • Yoron: 夏 (nachi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 夏 (natsï)
  • Yaeyama: 夏 (natsï)
  • Yonaguni: 夏 (nachi)