Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/panas-

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 *panas-.

Noun

*panas-

1. conversation, speech, story, talking
2. to narrate, speak, talk

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 話 (phanāshī)
  • Okinawan: 話 (hanashi, hanasun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 話 (panasu)
  • Yaeyama: 話 (panasï, panasun)